buttress in French
buttress in French
contrefort
(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
arc-boutant
(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
appui
(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
corroboration
(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
arc-bouter
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
corroborer
(figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.