Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To support or shore up something. · To play rugby in the prop position. · To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level. · To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. · The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. · Any of the seashells in the game of props.
From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).
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