propping

English

Verb

propping

1. present participle and gerund of prop

Noun

propping (plural proppings)

1. The act by which something is propped.
   • 1904, Kellogg Durland, Among the Fife Miners, page 62:

     By certain arrangements in the former method the miner not only gets the coal but makes all proppings and repairs, so that the face moves much more slowly than with the other method where the hewers devote all their time to getting the coal […]