ARC-BOUTANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: arcs-boutants   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

arc-boutant; flying buttress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("arc-boutant" is a kind of...):

buttress; buttressing (a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building)

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