flying buttress

flying buttress

English

A flying buttress

Noun

flying buttress (plural flying buttresses)

1. (architecture) a buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).

Synonyms

• arc-boutant

Translations

buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports

Belarusian: аркбута́н m (arkbután) Catalan: arcbotant m Czech: vzpěrný oblouk m Dutch: luchtboog (nl) m Finnish: (ulkoinen) tukipilari (fi) French: arc-boutant (fr) m German: Strebebogen m Hebrew: תמיכות דואות‎ f pl

Italian: arco rampante m Macedonian: потпорна арка f (pótporna árka) Norwegian: strebebue m Portuguese: arcobotante (pt) m Russian: аркбута́н (ru) m (arkbután) Spanish: arbotante (es) m Swedish: strävbåge (sv) c, strävpelare (sv) Ukrainian: аркбута́н m (arkbután)