A flying buttress is the arching and pier
structure used to distribute the ceiling
weight of a cathedral onto the piers and
off its walls. Without the invention
of the flying buttress, the soaring
ceiling we associate with a cathedral
would not be possible. You can find a
more detailed look at cathedral structure
on this page about Gothic
architecture.
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