单词	flying buttress
释义	flying buttress noun : a masonry structure that typically consists of a straight inclined bar carried on an arch and a solid pier or buttress against which it abuts and that receives the thrust of a roof or vault Illustration of flying buttress Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Once upon a time, Americans really only used Madrid as a stopover, maybe spending one night en route to somewhere else—with a broadly recognizable skyline, iconic bridge, flying buttress or other totem easily conjured in the collective imagination. Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The console takes a page from Corvette with a flying buttress separating driver from passenger — doubling as an Oh, Crap! Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022 An aerodynamic channel in the rear pillar creates a flying buttress, while the roof is painted black. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2021 The vault is punctured by three gaping holes, and the flying buttresses are propped up by giant wooden blocks. Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020 Details – rose windows, gargoyles, flying buttresses – came gradually. Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2020 And the damage threatened the delicate balance of forces between the vault and the cathedral’s flying buttresses: The entire building teetered on possible collapse. Christa Lesté-lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020 Studying the mortar used to bind the stones together could reveal how different compositions were used for the various structural elements—vaulting, walls and flying buttresses. Philip Ball, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020 The two-story orb nestles in a cocoon of pipes and cables, the red coils of its main magnet arching up out of the chaos like flying buttresses. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 6 Feb. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1669, in the meaning defined above flying buttress noun as in buttress Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance buttress pedestal needle obelisk pier post pillar piling column caryatid pile pilaster stanchion
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