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.
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.
A shell used in the game of props. See props.
noun.
An abbreviation of proposition; properly.
noun.
An unexpected stop, as of a horse.