A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 11
sure.The abutments of a bridge are the walls adjoining tothe land which supports the ends of the road-way, orthe arches at the extremities. Also the basement pro-jecting to resist the forceof the stream, and on whichthe piers rest. Acanthus (Lat. fromGr.), a plant, the leaves ofwhich arc imitated… … See Monastery.- (Fr.), jointing 5
