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‖ arc-boutant Arch. (ˌarbuˈtɑ̃) [Fr.] An arched or ‘flying’ buttress, ‘whose object is to counteract the thrust of the main vault of the edifice’ (Gwilt).1731 in Bailey. 1767 Ducarel Anglo-Norm. Antiq. 27 The walls of this Church are cased on the outside by thirty-two arc-boutants or buttresses. 182...
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Flying buttress
The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a
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flying buttress
ˈflying ˈbuttress A prop or stay (usually carried by a segment of an arch), springing from a pier or other support, and abutting against a structure, for the purpose of resisting thrust. = arc-boutant, arch-buttress (arch n. III).1669 Sir C. Wren in C. Wren Parentalia (1750) 304 The Ailes, from when...
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List of English words of French origin
Architecture
aisle, arcade, arch, vault, voussoir, belfry, arc-boutant, buttress, bay, lintel, estrade, facade, balustrade, terrace, lunette, niche,
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List of French words of Germanic origin (A-B)
arc-boutant
arc-bouté
arc-boutement
-ard noun suffix ( < OFr -ard < LL -ardus < Frk *-hard < Gmc, cf OHG -hart, Goth -hardus)
-arde
ardillon "tongue of boutasse
bouter "to put, push"
bouté
boutée
boutade "freak"
boute
boute-hors
boute-selle
boute-feu (also boutefeu) "linstock"
bouture
bouton
boute-selle
arc-boutant
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buttress
▪ I. buttress, n. (ˈbʌtrɪs) Forms: 4 butres, 5 boterace, boteras, butras, botrass, boterasse, (bountrace), botrase, 6 buttereis, butteras, bottras, butrese, butteresse, 6–7 buttresse, 7 buttrise, buttrice, boutrisse, 8 butteress, butteridge, 7– buttress. [perh. a. OF. bouterez nom. sing. (or ? pl.) ...
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arc-boutant meaning in Chinese - ichacha.net
arc-boutant in Chinese : n.(pl. -tants ) 〔法语〕【建筑】飞拱。…. click for more detailed Chinese translation, meaning, pronunciation and example sentences.
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arch
▪ I. arch, n. (ɑːtʃ) Also 4–6 arche. [a. OF. arche:—L. arca chest, coffer; also, through some confusion, used in OF. for arc:—L. arc-um bow (see arc n.).] I. = L. arcus. † 1. Any part of a curve; = arc n. 1, 2. Obs.c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. ii. vii. 21 The arch of the day..from the sonne arisyng til hi...
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