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arc-boutant
[ ark-boo-tahn ]
arc-boutant
/ arkbutɑ̃ /
noun
- another name for flying buttress
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arc-boutant1
Literally, “thrusting arch”
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Example Sentences
It may be remarked that these northern attributes of lofty vaulting and the high development of the arc-boutant were not general throughout the south, or indeed in any other region than the north of France.
From Project Gutenberg
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