contrafort buttress, counterfort

Creator:	Peter Shortall
Language pair:	roumain vers anglais
Discipline:	-
Definition / notes:	Element de sprijin exterior, făcând parte, la origine, din sistemul de descărcare şi de contraîmpingeri ale unei bolţi. Există şi contraforţi decorativi, care doar ritmează faţadele. http://www.monument.md/glosar/c/ A buttress is an architectural structure built against (a counterfort) or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.
URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttress