Abutment
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ABUTMENT, a construction in stone or brickwork designed to receive and resist the lateral pressure of an arch, vault or strut. When built outside a wall it is termed a buttress.
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Abutment is also a term used by civil engineers in dam construction; moving water from a large reservoir to a channel such as a spillway, there are smooth transition walls at both sides named abutments which minimize the water's energy loss.
Abutment Flashing - A flashing over an abutment. At the head of the slope it is level, at the side of the slope it is raking or stepped.
Abutment Piece - A sill or sole plate.
abutment: solid stonework or brickwork built against an arch or vault and counteracting its lateral thrust.
acanthus: Greek ornament based on acanthus leaves, as used in Corinthian and Composite capitals and other mouldings.
ABUTMENT Solid masonry placed to counteract the lateral thrust of a vault or arch and so give the arch or vault strength.
ABUTMENT - the part of the arch's wall which balances the force of gravity the arch makes (thrust) .
CENTER - the center point of the arch.
SPAN - the width of the arch's opening.
Abutment
the part of a building intended to receive and counteract the thrust, or pressure, exerted by vaults and arches.
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The meeting of an arch or vault with its solid lateral support, or the support itself.
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A solid piece of masonry used to support a projecting part of a structure, for example, the supports that connect a bridge with a river bank.
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Abutment - The end bearing, or support of an arch, or series of arches (c/f. springing).
Acroterion (plural: acroteria) - Ornament at the apex or ends of a pediment or gable (refer: finial) ...
Abutment - an intersection, usually between a roof and a wall.
Access Tower - a portable scaffold that allows quick and cheap access to high areas.
Aggregate - broken stone, gravel or sand used with cement to form concrete.
Abutment : A reinforcing block or wall of masonry adding support to the great vaults & arches.
Arcade : A row of arches set atop piers/columns. Sometimes refers to the arched roof itself.
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- solid support absorbing the outward thrust of the arch.
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Buttress/Abutment System: A projecting or free-standing support built into or against the exterior wall of a cathedral, which steadies the structure by opposing the lateral thrusts from the vaults.
The outward thrust of vaulting, however, must be counteracted by abutment, or buttressing. Trussing, timbers forming a frame, is an important structural device used to achieve spans with less weighty materials.
But the plan is made complex and is visually disguised from the exterior by the accretion of numerous side chapels which cluster around it at different angles, and the abutment of the large Bishop's Palace to the south.
In the meantime the second great structural problem, that of the abutment of the vault thrusts, had been solved by the Normans.
Rampant vault - A continuous wagon vault, or a cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane, such as a vault supporting or forming the ceiling of a stairway.
Rib vault: see R
Sexapartite vault: see S ...
A buttress which transmits the thrust to a heavy support (abutment) by means of an arch or half-arch.Flying stairA stair with one or more flights unsupported by a wall on either side.Foil ...
Cavity tray - A damp-proof crossing the cavity of a wall at an abutment, rising from the roof side upwards at least 150mm before passing through the wall.
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Apron A strip of lead sheet or similar built into a wall and dressed over abutment to adjoining roof.
Trefoisl are used in the dormers to add light to the ceiling of this small church. It is built in the simple country style. Small abutments are found between the lancet windows.
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 See also: Arch, Vault, Architecture, Buttress, Brick
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