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flying buttress
noun Architecture.
a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
Origin:
1660–70
1660–70
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Flying buttress
is always a great word to know.
So is arcade. Does it mean:
| a series of arches supported on piers or columns; an arched or covered passageway |
| a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| flying buttress | |
| —n | |
| Also called: arc-boutant a buttress supporting a wall or other structure by an arch or part of an arch that transmits the thrust outwards and downwards | |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
flying buttress definition
An external, arched support for the wall of a church or other building. Flying buttresses were used in many Gothic cathedrals; they enabled builders to put up very tall but comparatively thin stone walls, so that much of the wall space could be filled with stained-glass windows. The cathedrals of Chartres and Notre Dame de Paris were built with flying buttresses.
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