appodiamentum

appodiamentum , buttress, prop. b support (physical). c support (moral). v. et. appediamentum. 1275 levavit iiij ~a lapid[ea] super terram domini regis Hund. I 203; s1287 cum ‥ castrum ‥ cepissent suffodere, ita quod magna pars muri ruere putaretur et pars suffossa ~is suppositis nimis tamen debilibus fulciretur Wykes 310.  b textor ‥ duarum streparum adnitens apodiamento Neckam Ut. 106; in sue erectionis initio vicine pyramidis usus est ~o Mir. J. Bev. C 332.  c peccator confidens de isto ~o [sc. oleo adulacionis] deflexus ad malum se ipsum illaqueat Wycl. Mand. Div. 425.