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What (who) is ABUTTED - definition
Abutted
·Impf & ·p.p. of Abut.
Abutment
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![Brick abutment supporting disused tramway over the [[Yass River]] in [[Yass, New South Wales]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Railway bridge abutment riverbank park yass.JPG?width=200 "Brick abutment supporting disused tramway over the [[Yass River]] in [[Yass, New South Wales]]")
SUBSTRUCTURE AT THE ENDS OF A BRIDGE SPAN OR DAM SUPPORTING ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE
Abutments; Bridge abutments; Bridge abutment
·noun State of abutting.
II. Abutment ·noun That on or against which a body abuts or presses.
III. Abutment ·noun In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
IV. Abutment ·noun The solid part of a pier or wall, ·etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
V. Abutment ·noun A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, ·etc.
Examples of use of ABUTTED
1. Gregerson, whose property abutted the back yard of the Nortons.
2. The local authority claims it only discovered the 600 other homes abutted its land in an audit.
3. Her father, Earl Spencer, had been an equerry to both King George VI and the Queen, and Diana‘s childhood home abutted the royal estate at Sandringham.
4. When the agent mentioned he was looking for a larger parcel to develop, Wilkerson suggested one that abutted state–owned property.
5. Afterwards, the 150 guests were driven about half a mile to the 18–bedroom, 15million Wrotham Park mansion, abutted by a 500ft marquee.