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butment|ˈbʌtmənt|
[f. butt v.2 + -ment; cf. abutment and Fr. boutée ‘ouvrage qui soutient la poussée d'une voute’.]
1. Arch. The supporter of an arch; = abutment 3.
1624Wotton Archit. (1672) 31 The Supporters or Butments (as they are termed) of the said Arch. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 164 One of the main pillars or arch butments seems to tremble at the sound of a certain bell. 1806T. Paine Yellow Fever Misc. Wks. II. 184 Arches joining each other lengthways, serve as butments to each other.
b. butment cheeks: see quot.
1876Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Butment cheeks, the two solid sides of a mortise. The thickness of each cheek is usually equal to the thickness of the mortise.
2. An out-standing mass (of rock or masonry).
1865E. Burritt Walk Land's E. 168 It stood on the southern battlement or butment of the bluff.
3. A piece of ground abutting on a larger piece.
1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 158 The piece of Ground in the Yard..is a Butment from the rest of the Ground-plot. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., The name butment is also given to little places taken out of the yard, or the ground-plot of an house, for butteries, sculleries, etc. |