Buttress
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BUTTRESS (from the 0. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. "butt" and "abutment"), masonry projecting from a wall, provided to give additional strength to the same, ...
buttress - make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
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A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement to resist the pressure of a arch or vault ...
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An exterior masonry projection from a wall to create additional strength and support for roof vaults. In Canadian architecture, these are sometimes used as ornament.
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A buttress is a support--usually made of brick or stone--built against a wall to support or reinforce it. A flying buttress is a free-standing buttress attached to the main structure by an arch or a half-arch.
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Flying buttress
The flying buttress is a masonry arch extending off the outside of a building, often along the length of the nave of a cathedral, which transfers the thrust of the roof outwards and down to a pier.
Flying buttresses at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Of the six seen here the left hand five are supporting the nave, and the right hand one is suporting the transept. Notice their cast shadows on the windows ...
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A structure (of stone, brick, or wood) built against a building to strengthen it by resisting the thrust of arches, roofs and vaults.
buttress - a mass of stone built up to support a wall, usually necessary to strengthen those of great height. See flying buttress.
capital - the cap or crown to a column, usually heavily decorated.
Buttress/Abutment System: A projecting or free-standing support built into or against the exterior wall of a cathedral, which steadies the structure by opposing the lateral thrusts from the vaults.
Buttress arches - The flying portion of our flying buttresses.
Canopy - A protective roof. See porch.
BUTTRESS A wall support usually of stone or brick placed at the sides of a building, commonly seen on some Gothic Revival style churches.
BUTTRESS: a projecting mass normally of brickwork or masonry that is used to support a structure; gives additional strength usually to counteract the outward thrust of an arch or vault. (IMAGE) ...
buttress A vertical strip of heavy masonry applied to the wall of a building to provide structural reinforcement against lateral forces (as from a vault or an arch).
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A vertical member projecting from a wall to stabilise or resist the lateral thrust of an arch, roof or vault or building wall especially a church tower. Can be used in various forms.
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A projecting support built against a wall to provide strength.
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Buttress - Additional bracing wall or projecting support. It is often set at right angles to the main wall and usually tapers towards the top.
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A Buttress is a structure built against a wall to strengthen it.
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buttress: pier of brick or stone giving additional strength to the wall to which it is attached.
buttress, flying: an arched support carrying the thrust of a vault to an outer buttress.
Buttress - Wall projection for extra support; flying - narrow, arched bridge against the structure; pilaster - gradually recedes into the structure as it ascends.
Capital - Distinctly treated upper end of a column.
Carotid - Heart-shaped.
BUTTRESS A vertical projection, usually of stone or brick, that is applied to a wall to stabilize the forces exerted outwards by a vault or an arch.
Buttress A support to a wall, designed to resist outward thrust and add stability.
Casement Window A window composed of hinged, pivoted or fixed sashes.
Buttress - A mass of masonry or brick-work projecting from or built against a wall to give additional strength, usually to counteract the lateral thrust of an arch, roof, or vault.
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Buttress A brick or stone support to a wall designed to resist lateral movement.
Cames The lead bars in leaded light windows.
buttress - a heave added vertical part of a Gothic or Romanesque cathedral that contains the outward pressure of the vaults.
BUTTRESS A mass of stone or brick built against, or as part of a wall, to provide additional strength to it. Common on the outside of churches in Ashfield, but also on other structures, such as the pinfold at Skegby.
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A mass of masonry or brickwork that projects from, or is built against, a wall in order to give it additional strength. A pier buttress is an exterior pier that counteracts the thrust of an arch or vault.
buttress : A projecting support built into or against the external wall of a building, typically used in Gothic buildings. A buttress is a support - usually brick or stone - built against a wall to support or reinforce it.
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an external architectural support that counteracts the lateral thrust of an arch or wall.
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Flying Buttress : A masonry support branching from the sturdy piers and vertical Standing buttresses. Their role is to transfer the great weight of the vaulted roofs off to this more solid support of the firmly set abutments.
Flying Buttress
Masonry support consisting usually of a pier or buttress standing apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.
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- a mass of masonry built against or projecting from a wall either to stabilise, from the lateral thrust of an arch roof or vault, or to enable the wall to be thinner.
Buttress - any vertical prop or support for a structure, sometimes independent of the structure itself.
Capital - a separate, carved stone or façade placed on top of a column to hold the lintel, usually highly decorated.
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A stone or brick structure to support or brace a heavy wall. A series of tall narrow buttresses ending in decorative finials not only support San Gabriel's church wall, but give it a distinctive appearance.
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BUTTRESS a vertical structure of heavy masonry or wood applied as reinforcement to the wall of a building. Can serve a structural or decorative purpose
CAPITALthe decorative head of a vertical support such as a column or pilaster ...
A buttress placed slightly back from the angle of a building.Set-offInclined, projecting surface to keep water away from the wall below. Also called weathering.SettsSquared stones, usually of granite, used for paving or flooring.
Spur buttress: A sloping support for a wall or tower. See spur (1).
Spy hole: See oilet.
Flying Buttresses from the north side of Chartres Cathedral.
Detail of the flying buttresses from the north side of Chartres Cathedral.
Tree of Jesse Window, west facade of Chartres Cathedral, c. 1150-70.
Flying Buttress - A detached pier supporting the weight of a wall.
Footer - The concrete slab that supports all foundation walls.
Footing - A type of stone edging on a masonry wall.
Flying Buttresses- Open slender structures that buttres and support the nave and ambulatory of a church
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Flamboyant- A Late Gothic ornamentation style that is flamelike and very lacy in appearance (South Entrance Beauvais) ...
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) - The quotient obtained by dividing the total covered area (plinth area) on all floors multiplied by 100 by the area of the plot. FAR = Total covered area of all floors x100/Plot Area.
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To build the flying buttress, it was first necessary to construct temporary wooden frames which are called centering. The centering would support the weight of the stones and help maintain the shape of the arch until the mortar was dry.
Buttery: Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed; Room for the service of beverages Buttress: Wall projection for extra support; flying - narrow, arched bridge against the structure; ...
Buttress - a wall, usually triangular in shape, built to restrain bulging. Temporary buttresses can be constructed in timber and are used during construction, typically if a facade is being retained and built behind.
on the top of a capital ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or pier to another BUTTRESS: ...
Its drum, pierced by circular windows, stands without buttressing, for the base contains a tension ring-huge stone blocks held together with iron clamps and topped with heavy iron chains.
term for a style of architecture and ornament prevalent between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, considered old-fashioned in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, and flying buttresses, ...
blood had been the evolution of the main lines of the Gothic plan (barring the eastern termination, or chevet) together with the development of the Gothic system of vaulting and the Gothic principle of concentrated thrusts met by pier buttresses and ...
Brick church with simplified Gothic features, including pointed-arched windows, steeply-pitched roof, slender Gothic tower/steeple, and hints of "flying buttresses" on the wall sides.
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The same principal of four massive central piers and several external piers is used here as in the Sehzade Mosque although here the arrangement of the outer piers is more complex - on the south (qibla) side they are on the outside as buttresses ...
The real basis of Gothic architecture, and that which differentiates it from the heavier Romanesque style, is its elaborate and highly scientific system of vaulting and buttressing, made possible by the presence of the pointed arch.
With the exception of the western facade, the exterior of the Gothic cathedral, with its towering buttresses and batteries of winglike fliers, is essentially an exoskeleton designed for the support of the vaults.
This widening and the lessening in wall area that naturally accompanied it was made possible by the invention of the flying buttress.
Or, in architecture, the slope on a buttress to shed rainwater. wildernessA Wilderness is a wood, kept for pleasure, with walks.
much energy to organizing this mass of monuments into tidy stylistic sequences The new architectural forms associated with "Gothic" brought a paradigm shift in architectural practice in the mid-twelfth century as exposed supports (flying buttress) ...
Gothic - Architectural style characterised by verticality, with pointed arches and windows, buttresses, clerestory windows and roofs vaulted or with exposed timber structure.
A projecting, foliate ornament of a capital, pinnacle, gable or buttress.
engaged column - a column partially built into a wall, not freestanding. It may be purely decorative or it may serve as a buttress-like thickening of the wall.
Its striking characteristics are its pointed arches, its pinnacles and spires, its large buttresses, clustered pillars, vaulted roofs, profusion of ornament, and, on the whole, its lofty, bold character.
Early Gothic Revival churches, with large, pointed arch windows, steeple pinnacles and light ornament, have a rather delicate air. Stone churches from the mid 1800s look more medieval with heavy stonework and buttresses.
 See also: Architecture, Vault, Tower, Church, House
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