Buttress: A projecting structure, usually masonry or wood, supporting or giving stability to a wall.
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Cantilever: A structural member which projects beyond its supporting column or wall, and supports a load.
BUTTRESS: Vertical masonry or concrete support, usually larger at the base, which projects from a wall in a building.
BTU: Abbreviation for British thermal unit; a standard unit for measuring heat gain or loss.
Buttress: An external structure, usually of brick, stone or concrete, that supports a wall or building by receiving lateral pressure acting at a particular point in a single direction.
Flying Buttress A detatched pier supporting the weight of a wall.
Footing A type of stone edging on a masonry wall.
Foundation The base of a house providing stability and rigidness. ...
Buttress (Tile Rise)
the raised portion of a shower curb that is on more than one level.
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Buttress
1. A projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building wall and to react against horizontal outward forces. 2. The broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it.
The Flying Buttress by Leigh and Leslie Keno.
The Hess sofa by Room & Board.
A custom game table by Art Woodstone Studio.
Definitions of Buttress and Flying Buttress
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Buttress or Pier - Thickening of wall to form a vertical projection to strengthen it
Cavity Wall - Usual construction for external walls comprising an inner and outer leaf with a space between for insulation ...
Pinnacle A tower, primarily ornamental, that also functions in Gothic architecture to give additional weight to a buttress or a pier. Piscina A handbasin, usually set in or against wall, with drain. Pitch Roof slope.
Masonry: Stone, brick, concrete, hollow-tile, concrete-block, gypsum-block, or other similar building units or materials or a combination of the same, bonded together with mortar to form a wall, pier, buttress or similar mass.
Frustrated by its failure to rouse concern, the EPA has buttressed its position by ignoring those studies which fail to support it's view.
Removing structural elements such as load-bearing walls, chimney breasts, lintels, columns, piers or buttresses, or cutting out roof timbers without compensating for the alteration can lead to disaster.
The garage under the cantilevered livingroom I really liked, looking out over the ocean between the buttresses. Since that's where Tony really lives, it should still have a nice view.
BATTER The slope of a wall of buttress built at an inclination to the vertical plane.
BAY WINDOW A window of varying shapes, projecting outward from the wall of a building, forming a recess in a room.
Lateral support: The means of bracing structural members in the horizontal span by columns, buttresses, pilasters or cross walls, or in the vertical span by beams, floors, foundations, or roofs.
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