Definition of Buttressing. Meaning of Buttressing. Synonyms of Buttressing

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Definition of Buttressing

Buttressing
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 Buttressing from wikipedia

- Buttress ground plans Angled buttress Clasping or clamped buttress Diagonal or 'french' buttress Setback buttress Examples of Buttresses A buttress and...
- Buttressed core is a structural system for high buildings, consisting of a hexagonal core reinforced by three buttresses that form a Y shape. The buttressed...
- pressure off the spanned vertical supports (providing a "buttress", thus also called buttressing arches[citation needed]), usually as an afterthought to...
- Buttress roots, also known as plank roots, are large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree. Typically, they are found in nutrient-poor tropical...
- Buttress thread forms, also known as sawtooth thread forms or breech-lock thread forms. are **** thread profiles with an asymmetric shape, having one...
- 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...
- A buttress dam or hollow dam is a dam with a solid, water-tight upstream side that is supported at intervals on the downstream side by a series of buttresses...
- 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....
- 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...