flying buttress
noun [C] specializedDefinition
› an arch built against a wall, especially of a church, to support its weightParts of religious buildingsPhysical supports and supportingArches, columns and beams
(Definition of flying buttress noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- prop verb
- rafter noun
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