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flying buttress

fly·ing but·tress (plural fly·ing but·tress·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
support outside cathedral: an exterior support for a wall buttress that sticks out from the wall and is typically arch-shaped, often used in Gothic cathedrals to withstand the outward thrust of the very high walls

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