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Definition of Arc-boutant
1. Noun. A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.
Definition of Arc-boutant
1. Noun. (architecture) Alternative for a flying buttress ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arc-boutant
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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