abut on

Verb

abut on (third-person singular simple present abuts on, present participle abutting on, simple past and past participle abutted on)

1. (transitive) To border on.
   • His land abuts on the road.
   • The fronts of the houses abut on the pathway, which is about four feet wide, and are unequally places, following the contour of the ground.1919, Katherine Routledge, The Mystery of Easter Island, Cosimo, Inc. (2007), →ISBN, page 24