buttresses
plural of buttress
buttresses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttress
Source: Wiktionary
But"tress, n. Etym: [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier.
2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity." South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.
But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.]
Definition: To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 September 2024
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
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