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arc-boutant

American  
[ark-boo-tahn] / ark buˈtɑ̃ /

noun

French.

PLURAL

arcs-boutants

  1. flying buttress.

arc-boutant British  
/ arkbutɑ̃ /

noun

  1. another name for flying buttress

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Etymology

Origin of arc-boutant

Literally, “thrusting arch”

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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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