buttress (n.)
- abutment
- advocate
- alpenstock
- arc-boutant
- arm
- back
- backbone
- backing
- bandeau
- bank
- beam
- bear
- bearer
- bolster
- bra
- brace
- bracer
- bracket
- brassiere
- breakwater
- bulwark
- buttressing
- cane
- carrier
- carry
- cervix
- column
- corset
- cradle
- crook
- crutch
- cushion
- document
- embankment
- finance
- fulcrum
- fund
- girdle
- groin
- guy
- hold
- jetty
- jock
- jockstrap
- keep
- mainstay
- maintainer
- mast
- mole
- neck
- nerve
- pier
- pillow
- probate
- prop
- rampart
- reinforcement
- reinforcer
- rest
- rigging
- seawall
- shore
- shoulder
- shroud
- spine
- sprit
- staff
- stave
- stay
- steel
- stick
- stiffener
- strengthener
- subvention
- support
- supporter
- sustainer
- temper
- upholder
- upkeep
- warrant
buttress (v.)
- advocate
- affirm
- arm
- attest
- authenticate
- back
- bank
- beam
- bear
- bolster
- brace
- bracket
- bulwark
- cane
- carry
- certify
- circumstantiate
- confirm
- corroborate
- corset
- cradle
- crook
- cushion
- document
- finance
- fortify
- fund
- gird
- girdle
- groin
- guy
- harden
- hold
- invigorate
- keep
- maintain
- neck
- nerve
- pillow
- probate
- prop
- prove
- ratify
- refresh
- reinforce
- reinvigorate
- rest
- restrengthen
- shore
- shoulder
- shroud
- staff
- stave
- stay
- steel
- stick
- stiffen
- strengthen
- subsidize
- substantiate
- subvention
- support
- sustain
- temper
- toughen
- undergird
- underlie
- underpin
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- warrant
The heaven's breath
Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze,
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle:
Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed,
The air is delicate.
