avant-bec
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of AVANT-BEC
Terme d'Architecture, qui se dit des pointes ou esperons qui avancent au delà des piles, des ponts de pierre pour les soûtenir, ou pour fendre l'eau. Il y a l'avant-bec d'amont, & l'avant-bec d'aval.
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