abuttal

English[edit]

abut +‎ -al

abuttal (plural abuttals)

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

boundary of land

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abuttal”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.