Definition of Arc-boutant

1. Noun. A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.

Exact synonyms: Flying Buttress
Generic synonyms: Buttress, Buttressing

Definition of Arc-boutant

1. Noun. (architecture) Alternative for a flying buttress ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arc-boutant

arbovirus
arbovirus infection
arboviruses
arbs
arbuscle
arbuscles
arbuscular
arbustive
arbute
arbutean
arbutes
arbutin
arbutus
arbutuses
arc-
arc-boutant (current term)
arc-boutants
arc-connected
arc-flash conjunctivitis
arc-hyperbolic function
arc-hyperbolic functions
arc lamp
arc lamps
arc light
arc of buehler
arc of riolan
arc perimeter
arc welding
arcade

Literary usage of Arc-boutant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and Improvements of by Abel Boyer (1833)
"... by shipwrights for drawing on paper the sheer of the wales, etc. ARCADE, ar-kid, sf arcade, arch, vault. ARCANE, sm arcanum, secret arc-boutant, ..."

2. Dictionnaire anglais-franca̧is: et français-anglais by Abel Boyer, Nicholas Salmon (1821)
"V. arc-boutant. ARBRE, sm tree. Arbre (grosse et longue pièce de bois qui sert dans les machines ) , axle-tree , beam. Arbre de navire, mast of a ship. ..."

3. Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey by John Rutter (1823)
"Returning northwards along the west side of the Gallery, the seven shields in the first arc-boutant illustrate the descent of Edith Latimer, ..."

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