flying buttress

English

Noun

flying buttress (plural flying buttresses)

(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).
Synonym: arc-boutant

Translations

buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports

Belarusian: аркбута́н m (arkbután)
Catalan: arcbotant m
Czech: vzpěrný oblouk m
Dutch: luchtboog (nl) m
Finnish: tukipilari (fi), ulkoinen tukipilari
French: arc-boutant (fr) m
Galician: arcobotante (gl) m
German: Strebebogen m
Greek: επίστεγη αντηρίδα f (epístegi antirída)
Hebrew: תמיכות דואות f pl
Italian: arco rampante m
Macedonian: потпорна арка f (potporna arka)
Norwegian: strebebue m
Portuguese: arcobotante (pt) m
Russian: аркбута́н (ru) m (arkbután)
Spanish: arbotante (es) m
Swedish: strävbåge (sv) c, strävpelare (sv)
Ukrainian: аркбута́н m (arkbután)

Further reading

flying buttress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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