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MAXImum [283]
3 years ago
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History
1 answer:
lozanna [386]3 years ago
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Answer:

An external, arched support for the wall of a church or other building. Flying buttresses were used in many Gothic cathedrals (see also cathedral); they enabled builders to put up very tall but comparatively thin stone walls, so that much of the wall space could be filled with stained-glass windows.

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