# buttress

> architectural structure, usually of masonry, built to strengthen or support walls or resist the lateral thrust of vaults

**Wikidata**: [Q331900](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331900)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttress)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/buttress


## References

1. The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Fifth Season of Work October 1931 – March 1932
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. GF WordNet
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)