Assertion: buttress | /r/CapableOf | lend strength
Facets:
value: to the structure
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: flying buttress : a buttress (or abutment - see this word) attached to the top of the vaults by means of a half-arch which transmits the thrust of the vault into the ground, thus lending strength and solidity to the structure.
text: flying buttress : a buttress (or abutment - see this word) attached to the top of the vaults by means of a half-arch which transmits the thrust of the vault into the ground, thus lending strength and solidity to the structure.