tukipilari

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (architecture) buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure - e.g. a wall - to support it)

Etymology

Compound from Finnish tuki (support, prop, subsidy, rest) + Finnish pilari (pillar).

Origin

Finnish

pilari

Gloss

pillar

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