Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BUT'TRESS
BUT'TRESS, n. [This word appears to be composed of but, end, and truss, or some word of that family.]
- A prop; a wall or abutment built archwise, serving to support another wall on the outside, when very high or loaded with a heavy superstructure. – Encyc.
- Any prop or support. – South.
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