noun.
A stick, staff, pole, rod, beam, or other rigid thing used to sustain an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests for support; a support; a stay; a fulcrum: usually applied to something not forming a part of the object supported: as, a prop for vines; a prop for an old wall.
noun.
In botany, same as fulcrum, 3.
noun.
plural Legs.
noun.
Synonyms See staff.
noun.
A shell used in the game of props. See props.
To support or prevent from falling by placing something under or against: as, to prop a roof or wall.
To support by standing under or against: as, a pillar props a roof; beams prop a wall.
To support or sustain in a general sense: as, to prop a failing cause.
To help; assist.
To stop or pull up suddenly; balk: said of a horse or other beast.
noun.
An unexpected stop, as of a horse.
noun.
An abbreviation of proposition; properly.