Definitions from Wiktionary (butment)

▸ noun:  (architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
▸ noun:  (masonry) 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.




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