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buttressed, ppl. a.|ˈbʌtrɪst|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Furnished with a buttress or buttresses; strengthened, supported, or stayed by a buttress.
1813Scott Trierm. iii. iii, Fain would he hope the rocks 'gan change To buttress'd walls their shapeless range. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi. §77. 206 The..shadowed niche, and buttressed pier. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. ix. ix. 296 A religion towering over all the city—many buttressed. 1881Geikie in Macm. Mag. XLIV. 238 The isolated peaks and ranges of buttressed cliffs. 1886G. Allen Life Darwin x. 170 A..powerfully buttressed theory. |