| 1. land alongside a body of water, beach; dry land as opposed to water; support beam, reinforcement, prop. support with a post, reinforce with a beam. shoreshore , imp. of shear.shore shore, n. a sewer. [obs. or prov. eng.]shore shore, n. [oe. schore; akin to lg. schore, d. schoor, od. schoore, icel. skor a, and perhaps to e. shear, as being a piece cut off.] a prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging. [written also shoar.]shore shore , v. t. to set on shore. [obs.]shore shore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. shored ; p. pr. & vb. n. shoring.] [oe. schoren. see: shore a prop.] to support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.shore shore, n. [oe. schore, as. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to od. schoore, schoor. see: shear, v. t.] the coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. michael cassio, lieutenant to the warlike moor othello, is come shore. the fruitful shore of muddy nile |
