Antonyms for buttress

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : buh-tris

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌ trɪs

Definition of buttress

Origin : early 14c., from Old French (arc) botrez "flying buttress," apparently from bouter "to thrust against," of Frankish origin (cf. Old Norse bauta "to strike, beat"), from Proto-Germanic *butan, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (see butt (v.)).

noun brace, support
verb support, bolster

Example sentences :

The end of the buttress was a foot or two below the level of the leads, where Clara stood.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

I got astride of the buttress, and painfully forced my way up.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

As the buttress does not bond with the wall it was evidently a later addition.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

Philip was too busy keeping behind the buttress to see who they were who were talking.
Extract from : « The Magic City » by Edith Nesbit

“That ridge along the summit of yonder spur or buttress,” said Dale.
Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn

I was a mother and a home-maker and the hope and buttress of the future.
Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer

The angle between the wall and a bar is called the "buttress."
Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture

In comparison with you, he is but as a pinnacle to a buttress.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

It seems possible that we have, after all, a buttress to deal with here.
Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester » by G. H. Palmer

He felt that he had raised a buttress against future assaults of Fortune.
Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope

Synonyms for buttress

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