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Flying buttress   /flˈaɪɪŋ bˈətrəs/   Listen
Flying buttress

noun
1.
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.  Synonym: arc-boutant.






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"Flying buttress" Quotes from Famous Books



... tall, and constructed of a shining substance that I could not identify, even though I could now make out the details of their architecture, which was exceedingly simple, and devoid of ornament of any kind, save an occasional pilaster or flying buttress. The streets were broad, and laid out to cut the city into lozenge-shaped sections, instead of the conventional squares. In the center of the city stood a great lozenge-shaped building with a smooth, arched roof. From every section of the city, great swarms of people were flocking in ...
— The God in the Box • Sewell Peaslee Wright



Words linked to "Flying buttress" :   arc-boutant, buttressing, buttress



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