butment Meaning, Definition & Usage

But"ment noun

Etymology

Abbreviation of Abutment.

Definitions

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. Knight.