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Noun Concept
Categories: Gothic architecture, Architectural elements
EN
flying buttress  arc-boutant  Flying buttresses  Arc boutant  Arcboutant
EN
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch WordNet 3.0
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A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The flying buttress is a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey lateral forces to the ground that are necessary to push a wall outwards. Wikipedia
Form of buttress Wikidata
A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer). Wiktionary
Buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
buttress
arch
HAS PART
NL
luchtboogstoel
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
flying buttress, arc-boutant
Wikipedia
EN
flying buttress
Wikidata
EN
flying buttress
Wiktionary
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flying buttress
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
arc-boutant, Arc boutant, Arcboutant, Arched butment, Arched butress, Flying butress, Flying Buttress, flying buttresses
Wikidata Alias
EN
Flying buttresses, flying buttresses

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