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‖ arc-boutant Arch.|ˌarbuˈtɑ̃| [Fr.] An arched or ‘flying’ buttress, ‘whose object is to counteract the thrust of the main vault of the edifice’ (Gwilt).
1731in Bailey. 1767Ducarel Anglo-Norm. Antiq. 27 The walls of this Church are cased on the outside by thirty-two arc-boutants or buttresses. 1823Rutter Fonthill 9 The ceiling is divided..by a broad arc-boutant in the middle. |