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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AL%C3%BCbeck_Marienkirche_Strebeb%C3%B6gen.jpg">right</a>The <b>flying buttress</b> (<b><i>arc-boutant</i></b>, <b>arch buttress</b>) is a specific form of <a href="page.php?w=buttress">buttress</a> composed of a <a href="page.php?w=ramping_arch">ramping arch</a> that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from <a href="page.php?w=Vault_%28architecture%29">vaulted</a> ceilings of stone and from</p><p>
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