buttress
41buttress — but·tress || bÊŒtrɪs n. support, brace v. support, reinforce …
42buttress — [ bʌtrɪs] noun 1》 a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall. 2》 a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. verb support with buttresses. ↘support or strengthen: authority was buttressed by religious belief. Origin ME: from OFr …
43buttress — n., v. a. Shore, prop, support, stay, brace …
44buttress — n 1. prop, support, reinforcement; stanchion, bar, beam, post, shore; strut, brace, bracket, rib, stay. 2. strengthener, upholder, sustainer, maintainer; mainstay, cornerstone, pillar. v 3. support, prop up, brace, shore up, undergird; strengthen …
45buttress — but·tress …
46Flying 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 …
47buttress foot — periostitis or ostitis in the region of the pyramidal process of the coffin bone of the horse, with fracture of the process, deformity of the hoof, and alteration of the normal angle of the joint. Called also extensor process disease, pyramidal… …
48buttress root — /ˈbʌtrəs rut/ (say butruhs rooht) noun a flattened, plank like expansion formed from root and trunk of certain often shallow rooted trees, especially of the rain forest …
49buttress root — noun : an adventitious root serving as an added support to a tree (as in the banyan and ceiba) compare knee …
50buttress thread — noun : a screw thread in which the driving face is made perpendicular to the axis of the screw (as in a square thread) while the back face makes an angle with the axis (as in a V thread) in order to combine efficiency in the transmission of power …
