arc-boutant

[ark-boo-tahn]

noun

French.

plural

arcs-boutants 

1. flying buttress.

arc-boutant

/ arkbutɑ̃ /

noun

1. another name for flying buttress

Word History and Origins

Origin of arc-boutant¹

Literally, “thrusting arch”

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.

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