Usually means: Supports ends of bridge abutments.
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  1. wing wall: Merriam-Webster
  2. wing-wall: Wordnik
  3. Wing wall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. wing wall: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WING-WALL: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

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  1. Wing-wall: Castle Terms

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (wing wall)

noun:  (construction) In a bridge, a retaining wall on either side of an abutment.
noun:  With a tunnel, a retaining wall on either side of the portal.

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