Definitions
support and strengthen
Word origin
From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).
Used in a sentence
“And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.”
“This Arm ſhall be a Bolſter for thy Head, / I'll fetch clean Straw to make my Soldier's Bed; / There, while thou ſleep'ſt, my Apron o'er thee hold, / Or with it patch thy Tent againſt the Cold.”
“Its [the Ionic's column's] ancient capital is generally formed of two parallel bolsters”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Support strongly”7 letters
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