Shouldering meaning : To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. To put (something) on one's shoulders. To place (something) against one's shoulders. To bear a burden, as a financial obligation. To accept responsibility for. To form a shape resembling a shoulder. To move by or as if by using one's shoulders. To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail. To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave. The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder. The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket. A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim. The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.