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- noun Plural form of
shoring .
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Examples
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"But if your weyrfolk could help in making the wooden shorings and beams, then we'd have more time to put them in place and flesh out the mine head."
Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006
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"I decided that it made more sense to fell more trees to use in the mines for shorings."
Dragon's Kin McCaffrey, Anne 2003
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Stile noted that the structure had been hastily repaired, with special shorings.
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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Stile noted that the structure had been hastily repaired, with special shorings.
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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