Exterior arched supports transmitting the thrust of a vault or roof from the upper part of a wall outward to a pier or buttress.
AAT
3000905
arch buttresses
arched butments
arched buttresses
butments, arched
buttresses, arch
buttresses, arched
buttresses, flying
flyers
12yrs ago
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