abuttingadj.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) Prol. 21 Whose high, vp-reared, and abutting Fronts, The perillous narrow Ocean parts asunder. View more context for this quotation

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 88 Those bodies or beings that cannot have a placely respect, cannot have an abutting or touching respect.

1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata 184 The two abutting Promontories on each side being of one Name.

1798 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 110/2 The ivy supporting the fallen pillars, and giving way to the abutting stones, is extremely picturesque.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xii. iv. 271 She crept..into the shade of abutting walls.

1891 Harvard Law Rev. 4 249 The question remains, whether this is such a new use of the streets as to..involve the payment of compensation to the abutting owners.

1915 Engin. & Contracting 14 Apr. 344/1 The abutting property consisted of a narrow strip of ground, privately owned and lying along the street.

1963 Calif. Law Rev. 51 863 It would seem that such a benefit might well be shared by non-abutting land in only slightly lesser degree than the abutting lands.

2000 Jrnl. Soc. Archer-Antiquaries 43 16/2 Such a slot, sawn right through the joint between the horns, is a convenient way to even-out an imperfect fit of the abutting horn strips.

1801 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. I. 208/2 The compressing force on the abutting joint.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 564 If two pieces of timber are connected, so that the joint runs parallel with the fibres of both, it is called a longitudinal joint; but when the place of the joint is at right angles to the fibres of both, an abutting joint.

1915 Engin. & Contracting 27 Jan. 73/3 One of the most common is the plain abutting joint. This joint is simple, cheap, and easily made.

2005 D. Halašová tr. Z. Agócs et al. Assessment & Refurbishment Steel Structures ii. 32 Connection of the wall and table should be made by an abutting joint on the full thickness of the wall.