different between stanchion vs abutment

English

Etymology

From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stans (“standing”), present participle of st?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?n?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?stæn??n/ or
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) enPR: stän?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?st??n??n/

Noun

stanchion (plural stanchions)

1. A vertical pole, post, or support.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 149, [1]

     The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.

   • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 268.

     He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.

2. A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

Derived terms

• barrack stanchion

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Verb

stanchion (third-person singular simple present stanchions, present participle stanchioning, simple past and past participle stanchioned)

1. To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
2. To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

References

• stanchion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. From Old French aboutement. Equivalent to abut +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?t.mn?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?t.mn?t/
• Rhymes: -?tm?nt

Noun

abutment (countable and uncountable, plural abutments)

1. The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]
2. (engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
4. (meteorology) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.

   Heavy rains have caused the dam's abutments to seep, raising concern over possible dam failure.

5. Something that abuts, or on which something abuts. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
6. The state of abutting.
7. (architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
8. (dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
9. A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.

   The fulcrum acted as an abutment.

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