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flying buttress

An arched masonry support serving to bear thrust, as from a roof or vault, away from a main structure to an outer pier or buttress. Also called arc-boutant.

flying buttress

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a buttress supporting a wall or other structure by an arch or part of an arch that transmits the thrust outwards and downwards Also called arc-boutant

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flying buttress - a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch

arc-boutant

buttress, buttressing - a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

Translations

flying buttress n (Archit) → arco rampante

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