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Gewölbepfeiler — 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

Gewölbepfeiler is used for these senses in English:

  • buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

buttress — full definition

  1. noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
  2. noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  3. noun A buttress root.
  4. noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

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