Buttressed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buttressed
       adj : held up by braces or buttresses [syn: {braced}]