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

Soviet troops were just supposed to provide the initial stiffener.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sea breezes used to ruffle the models' clothes until someone devised a stiffener to make them lie flat.

From Time Magazine Archive

An infusion of feasibility—or what he looked upon as such—into the sentimentality of such a man as Walter Lodloe generally acts as a stiffener to his purposes.

From The Squirrel Inn by Stockton, Frank Richard

"Weel, that is a stiffener," he said, drawing a long breath.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir