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Definition of Abutments
1. abutment [n] - See also: abutment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abutments
| abusing abusio abusion abusions abusive abusively abusiveness abusivenesses abustle abut | abut on abutilon abutilons abutment abutment arch abutments (current term) abuts abuy abuzz abvolate | abvolated abvolates abvolating |
Literary usage of Abutments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"tember, 1869, the United States having lur- nished materials sufficient to commence
the construction of said piers and abutments, the petitioners requested ..."
2. The Design of Masonry Structures and Foundations by Clement Clarence Williams (1922)
"Types of Bridge abutments.—Early abutments were nothing more than a mass of stone
masonry laid at the stream edge to support the end of the bridge above the ..."
3. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"TYPES OF abutments.—Masonry abutments may be classified under four heads. ...
Straight abutments should not be used whore the water will w»*h the fill away. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"If the abutments N, Q continuo to yield, the в t unes A . 46. ami В will ...
The horizontal thrust which the abutments require to meet will therefore ..."
5. A Manual of Applied Mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine (1898)
"... the proper figures for the abutments of the new arch are the corresponding
parallel projections of the original abutments. horizontal plane. ..."
6. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"Piers, like abutments, are advantageously lightened, especially when very ...
Arches and their abutments and piers may be made at once light and stiff, ..."
7. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Roland Parker Davis, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1914)
"146 j TJ-abutments AND T-abutments same. ... U-abutments AND T-abutments -""He
U-abutment is a special form of the wing- wall ..."
8. A Manual of Applied Mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine (1869)
"... the proper figures for the abutments of the new arch are the corresponding
parallel projections of the original abutments. horizontal plane. ..."
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