Abutment
State of abutting.
That on or against which a body abuts or presses
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
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Abutment Translations
abutment in Dutch is schoor, steunbeer, beer
abutment in Portuguese is limite
abutment in Spanish is estribo
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