Butresses
The online dictionary definition is...
"any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall."
Some examples of this word include; "complete with tiny battlements and flying buttresses" (from To Kill a Mockingbird) or the thing was shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.
"any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall."
Some examples of this word include; "complete with tiny battlements and flying buttresses" (from To Kill a Mockingbird) or the thing was shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.