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Flying buttress
An exterior arched support that transfers thrust from a high vault to a stand-alone pier outside the wall. Made the soaring stained-glass walls of Gothic cathedrals possible.
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Term
An exterior arched support that transfers thrust from a high vault to a stand-alone pier outside the wall. Made the soaring stained-glass walls of Gothic cathedrals possible.
In the atlas
