- 1. n. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. Source: opted
- 2. n. The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. Source: opted
- 3. 1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. 2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. Butment cheek (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear. Knight. Source: webster
- 4. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joinsit to the upright pier. Source: adambom
- 5. n. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. n. The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. Source: ecdict
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