[f. ABUT + -ER1.] One who, or that which, abuts. spec. The owner of contiguous property.
1874. Fitchburg City Docum. (1874), 220. The concrete walks on Depot Court and Pleasant Street have been wholly paid for by the abutters.
1877. W. H. Burroughs, Taxation, 430. The expense of the work to be borne by the abutters.