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buttal

buttal is the alternative form of abuttal.

Meaning of abuttal

Noun

abuttal (plural abuttals)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
    • The land is set forth by bounds and abuttals.1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law
  2. An abutment.
  3. The act of abutting.

See all 4 meanings of abuttal

Forms of buttal

pluralbuttals

Questions about buttal

What is buttal the alternative form of?
Buttal is the alternative form of abuttal.

Words near buttal in the dictionary

  1. butt-welds
  2. butt-woman
  3. butt-women
  4. Buttaba
  5. Buttai
  6. buttal
  7. buttals
  8. buttass
  9. buttasses
  10. buttbreath
  11. buttbreaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buttal (page history and authors); abuttal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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