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Webster 1913 Edition


Abuttal

A-but′tal

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Noun.
The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.
Spelman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abuttal

ABUT'TAL

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Noun.
The butting or boundary of land at the end; a head-land.

Definition 2024


abuttal

abuttal

English

Noun

abuttal (plural abuttals)

  1. (rare, plural only) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
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  2. An abutment. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  3. The act of abutting.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11