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ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE, USUALLY OF MASONRY, BUILT TO STRENGTHEN OR SUPPORT WALLS OR RESIST THE LATERAL THRUST OF VAULTS
Buttresses; Angle-buttress; Contrafforte; Simple buttresses; Clamped buttress; Abamurus; Buttressed
  • ''Vicolo di Formia'' (1956)<br>Oil painting by [[Antonio Sicurezza]] of an alleyway with flying buttresses between buildings

buttress         
(buttresses)
Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
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buttress         
n., v. a.
Shore, prop, support, stay, brace.
Buttress         
·noun Anything which supports or strengthens.
II. Buttress ·vt To support with a buttress; to Prop; to brace firmly.
III. Buttress ·noun A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

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Buttress

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of inadequately braced roof structures.

The term counterfort can be synonymous with buttress and is often used when referring to dams, retaining walls and other structures holding back earth.

Early examples of buttresses are found on the Eanna Temple (ancient Uruk), dating to as early as the 4th millennium BC.

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