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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The frontage or face of the wall which forms a bridge-seating or abutment and acts as a retaining wall to the bank behind it. It includes both the abutment-pier proper and the wing-walls at each side of it.
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Many of the stones in it were hewn by his hand, and on several of the blocks forming the land-breast his tool-mark is still to be seen.
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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