1545 [implied in: 1545 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. v. i. 213 Y^e oon hede abbuttellethe upon mylnestreete toward y^e este. (at abuttal v. 1)].

1623 T. Scot High-waies of God 45 God did impale the Iewes with the Scriptures as with certaine bounds or abuttals.

a1641 H. Spelman Ant. Deeds v, in Eng. Wks. (1723) II. 245 Declaration must be made par bouts & costes desdites terres saisies, of the abuttals and sides of the said lands seised.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Abbuttals The Plaintiff hath failed in his Abuttals, that is, In setting forth how his Land, is abutted and bounded.

1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich 39 Antient writings specify the Abuttals of Lands.

1780 R. Marsham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 451 (note) I have the deed between my ancestor..and the Copyhold Tenants of his Manor..and the abuttal is clear.

1847 T. Platt Treat. Leases II. vi. 35 The abuttal of the premises on one side was in the lease described to be, ‘an intended way of thirty feet wide’.

1895 Times May 30 3/6 It would be an improvement to include a list of the abuttals on the property.

1930 Times 26 June 17/6 The house acquired by the Wolsey family in 1472 can be identified by the abuttals given in the records.

1980 Norfolk Archaeol. 37 42 A member of a family which occurs frequently in the early deeds, who was mentioned in an abuttal of 1290.

2000 P. Warner Bloody Marsh vi. 55 The rental of 1582/83, copied from late medieval abuttals.

1797 Repertory of Arts 6 363 One part of the principle of this patent being the abuttal of plates of iron throughout the breadth of the bridge.

1837 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. 1 33/1 Strutting pieces are also to be inserted between the points of abuttal of the bracing on the main piles.

1903 C. S. Peirce Three Kinds Goodness in Coll. Papers (1960) V. v. 92 Erecting a perpendicular to the second line in the plane of the two and through the point of abuttal.

1993 M. C. Payne in M. Nastasi et al. Mech. Properties Ultra-fine Microstructures i. 46 The structure of the interface may differ considerably from a simple abuttal of two perfect semi-infinite crystals.

1545 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. v. i. 213 Y^e oon hede abbuttellethe upon mylnestreete toward y^e este.

1641 Cambr. Prop. Rec. 71 A small garden on the otherside the highway abuttalinge on John Trumbull.

1637 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 20 Set out & measured by Thomas Bartlet Lotts for seurall men as followeth... All these confirmed at this meeting & are Abuttalled as by the particulers in foll.

1704 in East Anglian Notes & Queries New Ser. 1 194 The Stable belonging to the Messuage aforesaid is divided from the Stable sometimes of the said Thomas Lyng by Dooles there placed at the North end of the Stable on the East and West parts thereof, or otherwise howsoever, the said messuage and premisses do or is are or be bounded or abuttalled.

1795 Act 35 Geo. III c. 77 §53 Their Intention and Design of setting out, planning, abuttaling, and surveying, the said bare Sands and Channel.

1838 Lease Tenement Kings Lynn (transcript of indenture) in www.familydeeds.org (O.E.D. Archive) The said hereditaments and premises are situate lying and being or are or ought to be bounded abuttalled or described.