buttress
71flying buttress — n. a buttress connected with a wall at some distance from it by an arch or part of an arch: it serves to resist outward pressure …
72flying buttress — noun a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch • Syn: ↑arc boutant • Hypernyms: ↑buttress, ↑buttressing …
73flying buttress — noun Date: 1669 a masonry structure that typically consists of a straight inclined bar carried on an arch and a solid pier or buttress against which it abuts and that receives the thrust of a roof or vault …
74external buttress — see buttress …
75flying buttress — noun a buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer). Syn: arc boutant …
76flying buttress — n a curved line of stones or bricks that are joined to the outside wall of a large building such as a church, and help to support it …
77flying buttress — noun count a curved structure that supports the wall of a building …
78flying buttress — noun Architecture a buttress slanting from a separate column, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports …
79Angle Buttress — See: Buttress, Angle …
80flying buttress — fly′ing but′tress n. archit. an arch or segment of an arch projecting from a wall and transmitting the thrust of a roof or vault outward and downward to a solid buttress or pier • Etymology: 1660–70 …