abutment

noun abutment

• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
• prop — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
• strut — to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
• brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.