A method of structural reinforcement strongly associated with [[Gothic architecture]]. The flying buttress consists of a large vertical masonry block outside a building, connected to it by a transverse (usually sloping) segment called the flyer.

h4. See also

* Wikipedia: "Flying buttress":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_buttress
* "Diagram of a flying buttress":http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Thompson-CathedralChurches/pages/145-Flying-Buttresses/
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