buttrice

Noun

butteris (plural butterises)

1. (historical) A cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the farrier's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.

Noun

buttress (plural buttresses)

1. A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
   • It was decided, therefore, to build eight concrete buttresses from the new strengthening work to safeguard the general stability of the wall along the length where the greatest movement had taken place.1954 June, “Strengthening of River Calder Retaining Wall, N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 429

   Synonyms:

   counterfort, brace

2. (broadly) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
3. A buttress root.
4. A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
   • Crowell Buttresses, Dismal Buttress

   Synonyms:

   crag, bluff

5. (figuratively) Anything that supports or strengthens.
   • the grand pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity1692 October 30, Robert South, A Further Account of the Nature and Measures of Conscience

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