Definition of "underpropped" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of underprop. (verb)

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• "Finally his foot caught in the root of a tree; he tottered and would have fallen, if at that moment a dark figure had not appeared before him, and another fork "underpropped" the beast; and in the meanwhile, a voice shouted near his ear:"
• "Trees newly planted must be supported, underpropped, strengthened and defended against all tempests, mischiefs, injuries, and calamities."
• "What was it that founded, underpropped, and fixed, and now maintains, nourishes, and feeds the devout monks and friars in convents, monasteries, and abbeys; so that did they not daily and mightily pray without ceasing, the world would be in evident danger of returning to its primitive chaos?"