Buttress

but'res, n. a projecting support built on to the outside of a wall: any support or prop. v.t to prop or support, as by a buttre . (Prob from O Fr. breiese hr, a battlement.] Buxom, buks'um, tuij. yielding, elastic, gay, lively, jolly. (M E. huhsnm, pliable, obedient — A.S bdgan, to bow, yield, and affix some. Buy, bT, vlt. to purchase for money to bribe prp buying; pa.t. and pap bought ^bawt) [A.S byegan; Goth, bugjan.