'Buttressing' definitions:
Definition of 'buttressing'
(from WordNet)
noun
A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building [syn: buttress, buttressing]
Definition of 'Buttressing'
From: GCIDE
- Buttress \But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. [1913 Webster]
- To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. --Burke. [1913 Webster]