stiffener
Example Sentences
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When you screw one side of the angle to the bottom of the seat, the other side of the angle acts as a stiffener.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018
Sea breezes used to ruffle the models' clothes until someone devised a stiffener to make them lie flat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soviet troops were just supposed to provide the initial stiffener.
From Time Magazine Archive
This marvelous success is due— 1st.—To the superiority of Coraline over all other materials, as a stiffener for Corsets. 2d.—To the superior quality, shape and workmanship of our Corsets, combined with their low prices.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by Elverson, James
Anxiety is a great contractor of muscle, a great stiffener.
From Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Fillebrown, Thomas
