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
- 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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