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flying buttress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arc-boutant |
| Type of | buttress, buttressing |
Examples of flying buttress
flying buttress
The Utah Republican probably couldn't tell a flying buttress from a mansard roof.
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Another Gothic structural feature employed at Durham is the flying buttress.
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A flying buttress transmits the thrust to a heavy abutment by means of an arch or half-arch.
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The cathedral was among the first buildings to use flying buttress arched exterior supports.
From the ocregister.com
Its characteristic features include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress.
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Those technologies were the ogival or pointed arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress.
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Villard de Honnecourt's drawing of a flying buttress at Reims, ca.
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Renaissance and later architecture eschewed the flying buttress in favour of thick-wall construction.
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An arc-boutant, or flying buttress, serves to sustain a vault, and is self-sustained by some strong wall or massive work.
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