Meaning Of The Word Flying buttress

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Flying buttress? Find Flying buttress meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Flying buttress Meaning

Flying buttress Definition
Flying buttress Definition

What's The Definition Of Flying buttress?

flying buttress in American English
a buttress connected with a wall at some distance from it by an arch or part of an arch: it serves to resist outward pressure
noun: a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one

flying buttress in British English
noun: a buttress supporting a wall or other structure by an arch or part of an arch that transmits the thrust outwards and downwards

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Tailfly ‐ noun; noun: the region of the vertebrate body…
  • Garter snake ‐ any of various small, harmless, striped colubrid…
  • Unperfectly ‐ adverb:…
  • Nongolfer ‐ noun: a person who is…
  • QARANC ‐ abbreviation for: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army…
  • Blinks ‐ noun: a small temperate portulacaceous plant…
  • Sales tax ‐ a tax on sales, usually levied as a percentage…
  • Gun brig ‐ noun: a naval brig of the 18th century having…
  • Paroquet ‐ noun; noun: any of numerous small usually brightly…
  • Soissons ‐ noun: a city in N France, on the Aisne River:…