buttress

Monday's collapses affected a buttress and part of the tower's base, then part of the stairwell and the roof, Rome's Directorate of Cultural Heritage said in a statement.

Four massive concrete slabs jut into the room at second-story level, a move that is meant to celebrate structure—the museum’s director calls them “internal flying buttresses.”

In a bland footnote, Waller cited the ADP data to buttress his concern that the labor market was slowing.

The manuscript reveals a gothic, green castle, with decadent arches, spires and buttresses — the very castle on the stage.

Such prohibitions exist in dozens of states, but many doctors, nurses and policymakers want to toughen them up as a buttress against private equity’s influence in the sector.