supporting

adj

1. That supports.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of support

noun

1. That which supports something else; a support.

   “But supposing that heaven had a Lord, then all included in its overspreadings and supportings, throughout the myriad of states, and within the four seas, would invariably be under the government of Heaven's Lord […]”

   “[…] the pumps could he installed at once on the completion of the pump-house supportings.”