ppl. a. [f. SUPPORT v. + -ED1.] Upheld, sustained, maintained, etc.: see the verb.

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1802.  James, Milit. Dict., s.v., A well supported fire from the batteries; a well supported fire of musquetry.

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1833.  Regul. & Instr. Cavalry, I. 29. The men fall in with supported arms.

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1876.  Hardy, Ethelberta, xxxiii. To appear as the supported and not the supporter.

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1901.  J. Black’s Carp. & Build., Scaffolding, 52. The hammering necessary to tighten the wedges is often a cause of fractures in the supported wall.

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