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Webster 1913 Edition
Butment
1.
(Arch.)
A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
2.
(Masonry)
The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.
Butment cheek
(Carp.)
, the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
Knight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Butment
BUT'MENT
, n.1.
A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.2.
The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge,by which the extreme arches are sustained. The mass of stone at the end of a timber bridge,without arches,is called by the same name. It is written also abutment.Definition 2024
butment
butment
English
Noun
butment (plural butments)
- (architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
- (masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.