MEANING
An external support in which an arch transfers thrust from a high wall to a separate pier.
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- stone flying buttress
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A flying buttress crossed the gap beside the nave.
The stone flying buttress threw an angled shadow.
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- flying buttress
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular flying buttress; plural flying buttresses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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