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underpinning

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un·der·pin·ning  (ndr-pnng)
n.
1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
2. A support or foundation. Often used in the plural.
3. Informal The human legs. Often used in the plural.

underpinning [ˈʌndəˌpɪnɪŋ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a structure of masonry, concrete, etc., placed beneath a wall to provide support
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underpinning
noun support, base, foundation, footing, groundwork, substructure the economic underpinning of ancient Mexican society
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underpinning [ˌʌndəˈpɪnɪŋ] N (Archit) → apuntalamiento m


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It had the usual country- schoolhouse form--belonged to the packing-box order of architecture; had an underpinning of stones, a moss-grown roof, and blank window spaces, whence both glass and sash had long departed.
He lays his own dead corpse beneath the underpinning, as one may say, and hangs his frowning picture on the wall, and, after thus converting himself into an evil destiny, expects his remotest great-grandchildren to be happy there.
 
 
 
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