The dirt sides would be Shored with sticks, stones, anything they could find, and the house would extend above ground too.
"We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run"
James Arthur Kjelgaard
The side-walls were broken in their surface by little odd red-tiled roofs covering projecting casements, and the house was Shored up and supported by huge wooden beams.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
Paul, on his first floor, had the sandbags moved from the one side of the house to the other and the less solid-looking portions of the wall Shored up with beams.
"The Woman of Mystery"
Maurice Leblanc