Butment

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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