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Meanings of flying buttresses in English
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 pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from vaulted ceilings of stone and from wind-loading on roofs.The defining, functional characteristic of a flying buttress is that it is not in contact with the wall at ground level, unlike a traditional buttress, and so transmits the lateral forces across the span of intervening space between the wall and the pier.
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Examples for "flying buttress"
Examples for "flying buttress"
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The flying buttress gave us sharp, ya know, it's really good.
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Ribbed vaulting and the flying buttress are the distinctive features of Gothic architecture.
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A flying buttress to another building stood roughly ten feet away.
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Every support seemed an accidental and fantastic support; every buttress was a flying buttress.
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Beyond, one traced the outlines of pinnacle and flying buttress, slanting roof and beautiful windows.
Usage of flying buttresses in English
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It is of the fourteenth century, light, lantern-like, with glorious flying buttresses.
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A hundred flying buttresses connect them with the mountain side.
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Give me the flying buttresses surrounding the three windows of that topmost corner room.
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Gargoyles at the foot of the flying buttresses carried off the water from the roofs.
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It was a city fantastic with cubed domes, spires, and aerial bridges and flying buttresses.
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There are no flying buttresses; they are self-sustaining.
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There are also eight elegant flying buttresses, one to each of the angles of the lantern.
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Tapered aluminium roof rails trace the side windows in a glossy arc, like hydroformed flying buttresses.
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We traced the outlines of flying buttresses, of heavier buttresses between the windows, of the beautiful apse.
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Fallen the flying buttresses, ruined the chapels.
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Gothic architecture, with its pointed arches, flying buttresses, and traceried windows, never struck deep roots in Italy.
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Statues in elegant robes roll up their sleeves The flying buttresses put their shoulders To the wheel.
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The Big Horn and its six surrounding acolytes, attached by massive flying buttresses, dominated the sky above them.
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The flying buttresses on the south side were added by Bishop Beauchamp in 1450-58.
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The chapel has a square tower rising to a considerable height, and the roof is supported by flying buttresses.
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Woolsey Castle was no castle at all but a large Georgian manor house augmented by mismatched Gothic-style flying buttresses.
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