Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Buttressing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buttress \But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttressed} (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Buttressing}.]
To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up
for duration. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
buttressing
n : a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
building [syn: {buttress}]
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