buttress
51buttress tower — noun : a tower at either side of an archway (as for defense of a gate wall) …
52Flying buttress — A flying buttress, or arc boutant, is a specific type of buttress usually found on a religious building such as a cathedral. They are used to transmit the horizontal thrust of a vault across an intervening space (which might be an aisle, chapel… …
53USS Buttress (ACM-4) — USS Buttress (PCE 878/ACM 4) was a minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II. Buttress was laid down as PCE 878 on 11 May 1943 at Portland, Oregon, by the Albina Engine Machine Works; launched on 26 August 1943; and commissioned… …
54flying buttress — Archit. a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one. See illus. under buttress. [1660 70] * * * Masonry structure typically consisting of an… …
55Donald Buttress (architect) — Donald Reeve Buttress, LVO, OBE is an English architect based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He co founded the Manchester based practice Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams Architects, where he remains a consultant. From 1988 1999 he was Surveyor of the …
56Mezzo Buttress — (66°3′S 64°31′W / 66.05°S 64.517°W / 66.05; 64.517) is a rocky buttress at the head of Barilari Bay just east of Lawrie Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the …
57flying buttress — arc boutant arc bou tant ([aum]r b[ooma] t[aum]N), n. [F.] (Arch.) A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch; same as {flying buttress}. Gwilt. Syn: flying buttress [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …
58Frog Buttress — is a rock climbing area situated near the town of Boonah, 100km SW of Brisbane, Australia. The cliffs are within Moogerah Peaks National Park, Mount French section, thus the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has ultimate control over the land …
59Kardam Buttress — (Kardamov Rid kar da mov rid) is a sloping buttress projecting 1 km northwards from St. Ivan Rilski Col into Huron Glacier, Livingston Island, and has precipitous and partly ice free western slopes. It is named after the Bulgarian ruler Khan… …
60Cockscomb Buttress — (60°37′S 45°42′W / 60.617°S 45.7°W / 60.617; 45.7) is a prominent, isolated rock buttress rising to 465 metres (1,530 ft), standing 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Echo Mountain and overlooking …
