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Medicine A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia.
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A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof.
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Architecture A bracket.
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Something gathered into a bundle; a pack.
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Nautical An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast.
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