butment

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.

Συνώνυμα

abutment

abutment tooth

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Clipping of abutment.