buttress
n. சுவர் தாங்கி, சுவர்அணை, உதைகால், ஆயக்கால், (வினை) முட்டுக்கொடு, அண்டை கொடு, தாங்கு, ஆதரவு கொடு.
But"tress, n. Etym: [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.] 1. (Arch.) Defn: A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier. 2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity." South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress. But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] Defn: To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke.