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Definition of Buttressed

Buttressed
Buttress But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] 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.
Buttress
Buttress But"tress, n. [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.) 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.
Buttress
Buttress But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] 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.

Meaning of Buttressed from wikipedia

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- 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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- engineer Nils F. Ambursen. Buttresses and an arch of the Roselend Dam in France Buttreresses check dam in ****an Buttressed dams are so-called 'permitted...
- Palindrome Buttress (71°6′S 70°27′W / 71.100°S 70.450°W / -71.100; -70.450) is a con****uous rock buttress, rising to about 905 m, marking the southern...
- Donald Reeve Buttress LVO OBE FSA is an architect based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He co-founded the Manchester-based practice Buttress Architects. From...
- Frog Buttress is a cliff on the north-west side of Mount French, in the Moogerah Peaks National Park near the town of Boonah in Queensland, Australia....
- The Traveler Buttress is a technical rock climbing on Lover's Leap route near Tahoe, California, USA, and is featured in Fifty classic Climbs of North...