One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or
that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse,
man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.
1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.] A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart. 2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of ...
