In the years that followed, Jackson has become a world-famous director but he is never far from his Middle-earth home. New Zealandâs film star landscapes. Peter Jackson and his screenwriter / film producer wife Fran Walsh have a son and a daughter - Billy and Kate.
abut. 1  to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street. 2  to be adjacent to; border on; end at. 3  to support by an abutment.
GLOSSARY OF BRIDGE TERMS. 1. Abutment: A substructure composed of stone, concrete, brick or timber supporting the ends. of a single span bridge or the extreme end of a multi-span bridge. Usually it also supports the. approach embankment.