butment (English, noun)
expansion: butment (plural butments)
Senses:
topics: architecture
glosses: A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: butments
tags: plural