arc-boutant — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
Senses
arc-boutant is used for these senses in English:
- buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- flying buttress (architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.