Sup-port′er.
1. (Surgical.) These are of various kinds, as indicated by their names. Most of them are considered under the following heads :—
Abdominal supporter. | Pessary. |
Body-supporter. | Pile-supporter. |
Catamenial supporter. | Shoulder-brace. |
Fracture-supporter. | Spinal supporter. |
Hernia-supporter. | Testes-supporter. |
Menstrual supporter. | Uterine supporter. |
Obstetric supporter. | Vaginal supporter. |
2. (Shipbuilding.) A knee-piece of timber bolted firmly beneath the cathead, to reinforce it when sustaining the weight of the anchor. b. A piece bolted to the hounds of a mast for supporting the trestle-tree. See Bibb.