noun
- plural of potence; supports or brackets, especially T-shaped or L-shaped structural supports
Usage: technical; architecture
Examples
- The architect specified steel potences to support the overhanging balcony.
- Medieval buildings often featured stone potences extending from walls.
- The engineer calculated the load capacity of the concrete potences.
- Iron potences were installed to reinforce the cathedral’s flying buttresses.
- The restoration project required replacing several damaged potences.