stiffening

Morris struggled to straighten his back, which involved stiffening a spine rarely used.

Have ready in a pan some stiffening made by pouring boiling water on a very small piece of glue.

She continued to crouch on the steps, holding her breath and stiffening herself into complete immobility.

The Ordish bridge built at Prague in 1868 had oblique chains supporting the stiffening girders at intermediate points of the span.

There are four cables, one on each side of the two main trusses or stiffening girders.

There are three chains on each side, of one and two links alternately, and these support wrought iron stiffening girders.