flying buttress

flying buttress

n.

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.

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flying buttress

Noun

an arch and vertical column that supports a wall from the outside

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 → arbotante m

flying buttress n → arc-boutant m

flying buttress fly n → Strebebogen m

flying buttress n → arco rampante