undersettingn.
1. A support or prop; a supporting or sustaining structure. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports
staffc1000
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source1359
legc1380
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stabilimenta1398
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sustentationa1400
undersetterc1400
bearinga1425
undersettinga1425
suppowellc1430
triclinec1440
sustentaclec1451
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stayc1515
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hypostasis1577
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understaya1603
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mountinga1630
sustent1664
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abutment1727
suppeditor1728
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bolster-piece1860
sustainer1873
table mount1923
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xli. 26 In the litle vndursettyngis of the porche.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/1 Schore, undur settynge of a thynge þat wolde falle, suppositorium.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ix. 149 Their opinion was, that God was afore the World, howbeit not in time, but in order and by way of vndersetting only.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 32 They haue all their Vnder-settings, or Pedistals, in height a third part of the whole Columne.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 253/1 The rock was supported by an under-setting of masonry.
2. The action of placing under, or of supporting by something placed under; underpinning.
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the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > action of placing under
underputtingc1440
undersettingc1440
subterposition1828
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > action or fact of supporting > by something placed underneath
underpinning1486
undersetting1842
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 511/2 Vndersettynge, idem quod vnderputtynge.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Soggiontione, an vndersetting or ioining vnderneath.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Under~setting, the supporting a wall or edifice..after the lower part has been removed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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