Abutment

Abutment - Other Definitions

• (n.) State of abutting.
  
  
• (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presses
  
  
• (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
  
  
• (n.) 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.
  
  
• (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.