See Also: abutment(medicine)
Abutment(health)
abutment(dictionary)
auxiliary abutment(medicine)
intermediate abutment(medicine)
isolated abutment(medicine)
splinted abutment(medicine)

abutment (iou)



abutment noun. M17.
[from ABUT + -MENT: cf. Old & mod. French aboutement.]
A point of junction, esp. of a support and the thing supported. M17.
Architecture. The solid part of a pier, wall, etc., which supports the lateral pressure of an arch. M18.
Something on which another thing abuts or leans. M18.