Buttress: Exterior support, usually of masonry, projecting from the face of a wall and serving to strengthen it or resist outward thrust from an arch or roof.

扶垛：建筑中，自墙面凸出的砖石砌体，用以加固墙身或抵抗由拱或屋顶所产生的横向推力。

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ROMANESQUE_VAULTING_DESC; Romanesque churches sustained massive barrel vaults, requiring the reinforcement of the load-bearing walls in order to parry the lateral outward thrust.

罗马式教堂延续不变的厚重桶形穹顶，需要加强承重墙以躲避向外的侧向推力。

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From the chesty thrust of its rusticated facade, to the outward curve of the pediment, to an entablature of three blind square windows crowned by six Corinthian columns (repeated inside) and capped with a pair of squat balustraded turrets, the exterior manifests Hawksmoor's unorthodox interpretation of the classical tradition.

WSJ: St. Mary Woolnoth | Nicholas Hawksmoor | Fortress of God | Masterpiece by Richard B. Woodward