underpinning

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNDERPIN'NING, participle present tense Placing stones under the sills for support. UNDERPIN'NING, noun 1. The act of laying stones under sills. 2. The stones on which a building immediately rests.
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