noun anything which supports or strengthens.
2. buttress ·vt to support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
3. buttress ·noun a projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
noun anything which supports or strengthens.
2. buttress ·vt to support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
3. buttress ·noun a projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012