noun
support; bearing; shoe (e.g. of a bridge)
Technical term in architecture and civil engineering for a structural support or bearing, such as a bridge shoe.
橋梁の支承は、上部構造の荷重を下部構造に伝える重要な部材です。
The bridge bearing is an important component that transmits the load of the superstructure to the substructure.
この建物では、鉄骨の柱と梁の接合部に支承が使われている。
In this building, bearings are used at the joints between steel columns and beams.