橋きょう台だい

noun

bridge abutment

Civil engineering term for the structure supporting the end of a bridge span and retaining the approach embankment.

• 橋きょう台だいの設せっ計けいには、地じ盤ばんの安あん定てい性せいが重じゅう要ようです。

  Ground stability is important in the design of bridge abutments.