A large cushion or pillow. / A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

(transitive, often figuratively) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

plural of bolster

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolster

present participle of bolster

The act by which something is bolstered; support.

simple past tense and past participle of bolster

padded

One who, or that which, bolsters.

plural of bolsterer