buttress meaning
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- A buttress is an exterior support projecting from a wall that is used to resist the sideways force, also called thrust, created by the load on an arch or roof. Its name was first adopted into English as butres in the 14th century.
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Stand By Me â Buttress Roots As the trees grow taller, the root system is not strong enough to support the trees. So many trees have what are called buttress roots—roots that grow out from the tree trunk and which help to support the tree. One definition of the word buttress is to support or prop up — in this case, the weaker rainforest trees. Buttress roots, such as the ones shown here, can grow very tall.
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Flying buttress To provide lateral support, flying-buttress systems are composed of two parts: (i) a massive pier, a vertical block of masonry situated away from the building wall, and (ii) an arch that bridges the span between the pier and the wall — either a segmental arch or a quadrant arch — the flyer of the flying buttress.
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- 1 Brown the legs in butter and then transfer to a heavy pot with the stock and wine. Poach gently for 2 hours until the meat is very tender.  Remove the meat from the liquid and leave to cool, then carefully pull out the thread.
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- Define redress: to set right : remedy; to make up for : compensate; to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint) — redress in a sentence to set right : remedy; to make up for : compensate; to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint)… See the full definition
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buttock medical Definition of buttock 1: the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits 2 buttocks plural: the seat of the body; also: the corresponding part of a quadruped : rump
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duress Duress is a word of hardy stock. It has been a part of the English language since the 14th century, and has a number of long-lived relatives. Some obvious relatives of this robust root are durable, endure and obdurate (meaning unyielding or hardened in feelings). Origin and Etymology of duress.
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What Is Eustress? - Definition & Examples This is an example of eustress. So we see that eustress isn't simply a better type of stress, but rather a better reaction and perception of what causes us stress and what we perceive we are capable of doing about it. Even the most positive thing in the world can cause some people bad stress.
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- Definition of REGRESS. 1. a: an act or the privilege of going or coming back b: reentry 1. 2. : movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition. 3. : the act of reasoning backward. ADVERTISEMENT.
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- buttress. 1  Latin: erisma n. 2  Norwegian: støtte (no) m, f. 3  Polish: przypora (pl) 4  Portuguese: botaréu (pt) m, contraforte m. 5  Russian: контрфорс (ru) m (kontrfors) 6  Serbo-Croatian: potporanj (sh) 7  Spanish: boterete m, contrafuerte (es) m, estantal (es) m, machón (es) m, estribo (es) m. 8  Swedish: stötta (sv)
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- regress (plural regresses) 1  The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. Frederic Harrison Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question. 2  The power or liberty of passing back. William Shakespeare Thou shalt have egress and regress.
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Duress in American law In jurisprudence, duress or coercion refers to a situation whereby a person performs an act as a result of violence, threat, or other pressure against the person. Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed.) defines duress as any unlawful threat or coercion used... to induce another to act [or not act] in a manner [they] otherwise would not [or would].
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Cambridge Histories Online Â© Cambridge University Press, 2008 Relatively soon, buttress came to be used figuratively for anything that supports or strengthens something else. In addition, it was also in the 14th century that buttress was first used as a verb meaning to support or strengthen, literally and figuratively.
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duress Did You Know? Duress is a word of hardy stock. It has been a part of the English language since the 14th century, and has a number of long-lived relatives. Duress itself came into Middle English through the Anglo-French duresce (meaning hardness or severity), which stems from Latin durus, meaning hard..
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Definitions &Translations However, when the vault is built above ground, various replacements are employed to supply the needed resistance. An example is the thicker walls used in the case of barrel or continuous vaults. Buttresses are used to supply resistance when intersecting vaults are employed. The simplest kind of vault is the barrel vault which is generally semicircular in shape.
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- Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress, Hourglass Buttress, Kardam Buttress, Seven Buttresses Milestone Buttress on Tryfan. The direct route is highlighted. 2005, Will Cook, Until Darkness Disappears, page 54: All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.
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Definitions &Translations Black's Law Dictionary defines duress as any unlawful threat or coercion used... to induce another to act [or not act] in a manner [they] otherwise would not [or would]. Duress is pressure exerted upon a person to coerce that person to perform an act that he or she ordinarily would not perform.
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buttock Usually, buttocks. ( 1 in humans) either of the two fleshy protuberances forming the lower and back part of the trunk. ( 2 in animals) the rump.
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redress Definition of redress for English Language Learners : something (such as money) that is given to someone to make up for damage, trouble, etc. REDRESS Defined for Kids
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- Gothic Flying ButtressesThe flying buttress is the defining external characteristic of gothic architecture. These buttresses effectively spread the weight of the new designs, taking the weight off the walls and transferring force directly to the ground.
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- Full Definition of BULKHEAD. 1. : an upright partition separating compartments. 2. : a structure or partition to resist pressure or to shut off water, fire, or gas.3.: a retaining wall along a waterfront. 4. : a projecting framework with a sloping door giving access to a cellar stairway or a shaft.ull Definition of BULKHEAD. 1. : an upright partition separating compartments. 2. : a structure or partition to resist pressure or to shut off water, fire, or gas.
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- Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
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buttress 2 : something that resembles a buttress: such asa : a projecting part of a mountain or hillb biology : a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel — see hoof illustrationc botany : the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it. 3 : something that supports or strengthens a buttress of the cause of peace.
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digress digresses; digressed; digressing. Learner's definition of DIGRESS. [no object] : to speak or write about something that is different from the main subject being discussed. He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying.
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duress Duress is a word of hardy stock. It has been a part of the English language since the 14th century, and has a number of long-lived relatives. Duress itself came into Middle English through the Anglo-French duresce (meaning hardness or severity), which stems from Latin durus, meaning hard..
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redress Redress, reparation, restitution suggest making amends or giving indemnification for a wrong. Redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation (as by some power), or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. Reparation means compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted.