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Definition: Butment
Butment
\But"ment\, n. [Abbreviation of
Abutment.]
1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part
which joins it to the upright pier.
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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.
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Butment cheek (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber
surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders
of the tenon bear. --Knight.
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