Defn: Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
POINTING
Point"ing, n.
1. The act of sharpening.
2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
4. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
6. (Sculpt.)
Defn: The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
POINTINGSTOCK
Point`ing*stock`, n.