buttressing

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Definitions

verb

To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
(by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

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Synonyms

strengthening support flying buttress bolstering reinforcing butt weld fortifying butt joint bracing stabilizing bolster up load bearing propping up stabilising undergirding underpinning

Associated

lancet eaves chancel arches corners nave porch dome tower walls window roots

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