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flying buttress
n.
An arched masonry support serving to bear thrust, as from a vaulted ceiling, away from a main structure to an outer pier or buttress. Also called arc-boutant.
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flying buttress
n
(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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fly′ing but′tress
n.
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.
[1660–70]
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| Noun | 1. |  flying buttress - a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an archbuttress, buttressing - a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building |
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vzpěrný oblouk
luchtboog
flying buttress
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