Architectural structure, usually of masonry, built to strengthen or support walls or resist the lateral thrust of vaults.
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Examples for "buttress "
Examples for "buttress "
1 Meanwhile, the State continues to buttress the better-off with free tuition fees.
2 Tipperary buttress their lead and the reporters have found their turning point.
3 Haldane even cites the highest of all authorities to buttress this idea:
4 The following day we studied our line on the tower's southeast buttress .
5 We rounded the buttress only to find that the chase had vanished.
1 These forms were built full height in 16-ft. sections with a counterfort coming at the center of each section.
2 Reinforced concrete abutments are usually of L-section with counterforts bracing the upright slab and bridge seat to the base slab.
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