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arc-boutant

noun
arc-bou·​tant | \ ȧrbütäⁿ\
plural arcs-boutants\ -​äⁿ(z) \

Definition of arc-boutant

: flying buttress

History and Etymology for arc-boutant

French, from Middle French arc boutant, literally, thrusting arch, from arc arch, bow, arc (from Latin arcus) + boutant, present participle of bouter to thrust

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