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arc-boutant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arc-boutant has 1 sense
- arc-boutant(n = noun.artifact) flying buttress - a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch; Array is a kind of buttress, buttressing
CIDE DICTIONARY
arc-boutant, n. [F.].
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch; same as flying buttress . Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
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