ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]
1. Propped up, supported.
1566. Drant, Horace Sat., iv. C. Mars broke brasen bars, bare boulstred boulwarkes backe.
2. Padded, stuffed out.
1656. Artif. Handsomeness, 44. A bumbast or bolstered garment.
1840. New Month. Mag., LVIII. 455. Privilege … in itself but the bolstered title for abuse.
