falsework

[ fawls-wurk ]

/ ˈfɔlsˌwɜrk /

framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.

Origin of falsework

First recorded in 1870–75; false + work

It is well also to give the girder molds a camber or to crown them to allow for settling of the falsework.

Concrete Construction |Halbert P. Gillette
The new span was then in place, and the old one—ready to be dismantled—stood on falsework at the side.

The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford
Within a great cage of falsework Marie Louise could see the 178 ship that Davidge had dedicated to his mother.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
The falsework was rapidly removed and the sustaining framework was painted with opaque varnish to render it plainly visible.

The Skylark of Space |Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

When the steel—the trusses—is up and riveted, then away with the falsework.

The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford

falsework

/ (ˈfɔːlsˌwɜːk) /

a framework supporting something under construction