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31Buttress dam — is a water tight dam supported at intervals on the downstream side by a series of buttresses or supports. [cite web url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/ des0www4/cal/dams/gloss/fg.htm title= Glossary publisher= accessdate=2007 02 05] The dam wall may be… …
32Buttress root — Buttress roots are large roots on all sides of a tall or shallowly rooted tree. Typically they are found in rainforests where soils are poor so roots don t go deep. They prevent the tree from falling over (hence the name buttress) and help gather …
33Buttress, Saskatchewan — Buttress was built in 1940 as the auxiliary airfield to RCAF Station Moose Jaw and its No. 32 Service Flying Training School. These fields were used for practice circuits and also as an emergency alternate.Today the aerodrome is abandoned but the …
34Buttress Nunataks — TheButtress Nunataks are a group of prominent coastal nunataks, the highest at 635 m, lying inland from George VI Sound and 10 miles west northwest (WNW) of the Seward Mountains, on the west coast of Palmer Land. The Buttress Nunataks are located …
35Buttress, Angle — ♦ A pair meeting (or nearly) at right angles on the corner of a building. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 410) Related terms: Angle Buttress, Buttress, Buttress, Diagonal …
36buttress pier — noun 1. : a pier serving wholly or in part as a buttress 2. : the part of a buttress above the point of thrust 3. : the pier receiving the thrust of a flying buttress …
37Buttress, Diagonal — ♦ One set on the angle of a building, diagonally to each wall. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 410) Related terms: Buttress, Angle, Buttress …
38buttress-root — buttˈress root noun A root, often growing from the trunk, that helps to keep a tree upright • • • Main Entry: ↑buttress …
39buttress-thread — buttˈress thread noun An asymmetric screw thread with one face at right angles to and the other inclined to the shaft • • • Main Entry: ↑buttress …
40Buttress — This interesting name is of Norman French origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066, and has a number of possible interpretations. Firstly, it may be a locational surname from Les Bottereaux in Eure, Normandy, thought to be so… …
