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Flying buttress   /flˈaɪɪŋ bˈətrəs/   Listen
Flying buttress

noun
1.
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.  Synonym: arc-boutant.






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"Flying buttress" Quotes from Famous Books



... master, combine to aid him, the low notes rushing in like demons to give him the base on which to build his airy structure; the high notes like angels throwing decoration of carving and tracery on pinnacle and flying buttress, till in verse three its outline, rising ever higher and higher, shows in the clouds like St. Peter's dome, illuminated and towering into the vasty sky; and it seems as if his soul, upborne on the surging waves of music, had reached its highest elevation. ...
— Introduction to Robert Browning • Hiram Corson



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