This forms an abutment for supporting the ladle in the gudgeon band, being secured to this last by latch bolts and cotters.

And sure enough, when they had passed an abutment of the ridge, far off through the woods they saw a fire.

The difficulty was overcome by throwing an arch, or arches, across the valley, the abutments being formed by the solid rock on each side, and building the dam upon this arching and filling in below the latter down to a sufficient depth with walling.