arc-boutant

[ ark-boo-tahn ]

/ ark buˈtɑ̃ /

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noun, plural arcs-bou·tants

[ark-boo-tahn]. /ark buˈtɑ̃/. French.

flying buttress.

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Origin of arc-boutant

Literally, “thrusting arch”

Words nearby arc-boutant

Arcaro, Arcas, Arcata, arcature, arc-back, arc-boutant, arc cos, arc cosecant, arc cosine, arc cotangent, Arc, d'

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How to use arc-boutant in a sentence

How the polling firms and the media adjust to new realities also seems to be a rather long arc.
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So the plan is for Ken to draw an arc with Dale doing covers, and then Dale does an arc with Ken doing covers.
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A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.
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The stream of bubbly from the popped champagne bottle creates an angelic arc over her, and lands right in the glass.
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At this point in the arc, he doubts what Hershel is telling him.
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In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.
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She looked very haggard and helpless beneath the blue arc-lights.
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He threw the ship like a giant shell in a screaming, sweeping arc upon the red craft that drove across their bow.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
When the sun swung into its western arc I halted where a large number of warriors had broken their fast.
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British Dictionary definitions for arc-boutant

arc-boutant

/ French (arkbutɑ̃) /

noun plural arcs-boutants (arkbutɑ̃)

another name for flying buttress

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