Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-fulcĭo, si, tum, 4
* To prop up, support a thing. *
* Lit.: mollire praefultum torum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 335.
* To place in front as a prop or stay; trop.: quin me suis negotiis praefulciat,use me as a prop,Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary