but|tress

but|tress
but|tress «BUHT rihs», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a) a support built against a wall or building to strengthen it. b) Figurative: »

While I cannot be called a pillar I must be regarded as a buttress of the Church because I support it from outside (attributed to Viscount Melbourne).

 SYNONYM(S): pier.
2. a projecting portion of a hill or mountain resembling the buttresses of a building.
3. a bony process or protuberance, especially a horny growth at the heel of a horse's hoof.
–v.t.
1. a) to strengthen with a buttress. b) Figurative: »

The pilot buttressed his report of the flight with photographs.

SYNONYM(S): prop.
2. to conceal by a buttress: »

Beside the portal doors, Buttress'd from moonlight, stands he (Keats).

╂[< Old French bouterez flying buttress, plural < bouter thrust against; see etym. under butt3 (Cf. ↑butt)]

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