Encyclopedia: Buttress
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A buttress is an architectural structure built against (a counterfort) or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, ...
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A flying buttress, or arc-boutant, is a specific type of buttress usually found on religious buildings, especially cathedrals. They are used to transmit the...
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; Laon Cathedral, 1160-1225; Laon Cathedral, 1160-1225; Laon Cathedral, 1160-1225 ; Laon Cathedral, 1160-1225; Laon Cathedral, 1160-1225 ; Flying buttress; Villard d'Honnecourt...
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Definition of buttress from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. 3 : something that supports or strengthens <a buttress of the cause of peace>
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Buttress - Definition of Buttress at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Buttress. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. a thing shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.
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There is no reason that a new or inexperienced user cannot use Flying Buttress, but Apple's own Firewall preferences will likely remain a simpler interface for configuring a basic firewall.
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A buttress is a support--usually made of brick or stone--built against a wall to support or reinforce it ... Illustrated definition of the word Buttress and...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on buttress (architecture), in architecture, exterior support, usually of masonry, projecting from the face of a wall and serving either to strengthen it or to resist the side thrust created by the load on an arch or a roof. For a definition of "buttress (architecture)",
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Middle Ages Lessons on ; Art and Architecture Questions for Architecture 1) What is the name of the first type of building used in Christian Churches?
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