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Definition of Buttressing
1. Noun. A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.
Specialized synonyms: Arc-boutant, Flying Buttress
Generic synonyms: Support
Derivative terms: Buttress
Definition of Buttressing
1. Verb. (present participle of buttress) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buttressing
1. buttress [v] - See also: buttress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buttressing
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Literary usage of Buttressing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Following the Sunrise: A Century of Baptist Missions, 1813-1913 by Helen Barrett Montgomery (1913)
"... CHAPTER VIII buttressing DEMOCRACY IN THE PHILIPPINES Phoebus' chariot race
is run Look up, poet, at the sun. —EB Browning. The Wonder Year. ..."
2. Mediaeval Church Vaulting by Clarence Ward (1915)
"The latter is also exceptionally interesting in the form of its chevet which is
really a combination of the diagonal and the buttressing ribbed type. ..."
3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1889)
"The space between this buttressing wall and the north wall of the apse, ...
On the surface of this later buttressing-wall were found evident traces of fire. ..."
4. The Construction of Lombard and Gothic Vaults by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1911)
"Thus it is evident that the Romans were perfectly acquainted with the possibilities
of external buttressing, and employed it when necessary, although they ..."
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