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flying buttress
a buttress connected with a wall at some distance from it by an arch or part of an arch: it serves to resist outward pressure
See flying buttress in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
An arched masonry support serving to bear thrust, as from a roof or vault, away from a main structure to an outer pier or buttress. Also called arc-boutant.
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