Arc-boutant

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of flying buttress.
  2. 2
    a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch wordnet

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bankbeambreakwaterbulwarkbuttressembankment

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French arc-boutant.

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