Words Like BUTTRESS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to BUTTRESS.
6 Alternative Words Similar to buttress
10 definitions of buttress
1
A structure built against a wall, for the purpose of giving it stability.
2
Figuratively, any prop or support.
3
In farriery, an instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse.
4
To support by a buttress; hence, to prop or prop up, literally or figuratively.
5
A wall or abutment built along a stream to prevent the logs in a drive from cutting the bank or jamming.
6
The angle formed on the plantar surface of the hoof by the junction of the wall with the bar.
7
A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
8
Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
10
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.