Sekirov Dictionary

countermure

UK /ˈkaʊntəˌmjʊə/US /ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

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A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed.
- if they could aduance a countermure as high as their wals , and so to attaine to the conquest thereof — 1603

verb1

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To fortify with a wall behind another wall.
- 15??, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy They are plac'd in those empyreal heights, Where, counter-mur'd with walls of diamond, I find the place impregnable.

forms

countermured · countermuring · countermures

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