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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Abutment

/(ȧ*bŭt"ment)/ · A·but·ment · IPA /əˈbʌt.mn̩t/
01 n. State of abutting.
  1. 1.
    State of abutting.
  2. 2.
    That on or against which a body abuts or presses(Arch.)