flying buttress in English

noun
1
a buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.
The new building resembled a mediaeval cathedral with its pointed arches, ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses .
noun
    arc-boutant

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1. This is a flying buttress.

2. Buttressing arc-boutant flying buttress support Antonyms disallow forbid boycott disapproval negate Etymology buttress (English) bouterés (Old French (842-ca

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4. Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Buttressing"): arc-boutant; flying buttress (a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to …

5. Hypernyms ("Buttressing" is a kind of): support (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Buttressing"): arc-boutant; flying buttress (a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch)

6. Buttress: 1 n a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building Synonyms: Buttressing Types: arc-boutant , flying Buttress a Buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch Type of: support supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation v reinforce with a Buttress “ Buttress the

7. The flying Buttress (arc-boutant, arch Buttress) is a specific form of Buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from vaulted ceilings of stone and from wind-loading on roofs.