Synonyms for abutment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-buht-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbʌt mənt

Définition of abutment

Origin : 1640s, from abut + -ment. Originally any "junction;" the architectural usage is attested from 1793 (the notion is of the meeting-place of the arches of a bridge, etc.).

noun masonry mass

Example sentences :

There was no railing to this abutment, not even a coping along its borders.
Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

Considering the abutment and wing wall work, comprising 594 cu.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

The abutment forms were built up as the concreting progressed.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

Where they stood an abutment of the cliff hid the ravine below.
Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid

As he formed this resolution, he emerged from the shadow of the abutment.
Extract from : « Monte-Cristo's Daughter » by Edmund Flagg

There was a stone wall, or abutment, near the town, about sixty feet high.
Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt

They had not yet mounted the abutment, and were then securing their horses near the bank of the creek.
Extract from : « In The Saddle » by Oliver Optic

It was like going up hill, but the Socrates reached the abutment and was safe.
Extract from : « The Ashtabula Disaster » by Stephen D. Peet

On each side the abutment piers had been undermined and washed out.
Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey

But--I feel bound to state that I am in some doubt as to the abutment on the other side!'
Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams

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