abuttal

From abut +‎ -al.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌt.l̩/

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• Rhymes: -ʌtəl

abuttal (plural abuttals)

1. (rare, plural only) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[1]
   • 1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law:

     The land is set forth by bounds and abuttals.

2. An abutment. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]^[1]
3. The act of abutting.

abuttal (third-person singular simple present abuttals, present participle abuttalling or abuttaling, simple past and past participle abuttalled or abuttaled)

1. (transitive) To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals.