several abutments First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. FromOld French aboutement [ 1] abut -ment
abutment (countable anduncountable plural abutments
The point ofjunction between two things, in particular a support, thatabuts .[First attested in the mid 17th century.] [ 1] ( engineering , architecture ) arch orvault .[First attested in the mid 18th century.] [ 1] ( engineering ) construction that supports the ends of abridge ; a structure that anchors the cables on asuspension bridge .[First attested in the mid 18th century.] [ 1] 1959 Trains Illustrated , page236 :Each of the bridges consists of six separate girder spans on brickabutments .
( engineering ) valley orcanyon wall against which adam is constructed.Heavy rains have caused the dam'sabutments to seep, raising concern over possible dam failure. Something thatabuts , or on which something abuts.[First attested in the mid 18th century.] [ 1] The state ofabutting . ( architecture ) element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.( dentistry ) denture orbridge .Afixed point orsurface whereresistance isobtained .Thefulcrum acted as anabutment . point of junction that abuts
architecture: support for an arch or vault
engineering: support for the ends of a bridge
something that abuts, or on which something abuts
architecture: element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor
dentistry: tooth that supports a denture or bridge
fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained
↑1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002 ), “abutment”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles Oxford University Press ,→ISBN 11 . 
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