flying buttress

English

Flyers

Noun

flying buttress (plural flying buttresses)

1. (architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).

   Synonym: arc-boutant

Translations

buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports

Belarusian: аркбута́н m (arkbután) Catalan: arcbotant m Czech: vzpěrný oblouk m Dutch: luchtboog (nl) m Finnish: tukipilari (fi), ulkoinen tukipilari French: arc-boutant (fr) m Galician: arcobotante (gl) m German: Strebebogen m Greek: επίστεγη αντηρίδα f (epístegi antirída) Hebrew: תמיכות דואות f pl Italian: arco rampante m Macedonian: потпорна арка f (potporna arka) Norwegian: strebebue m Portuguese: arcobotante (pt) m Russian: аркбута́н (ru) m (arkbután) Spanish: arbotante (es) m Swedish: strävbåge (sv) c, strävpelare (sv) Ukrainian: аркбута́н m (arkbután)

Further reading

• flying buttress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia