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Definition: Countermure
Countermure
\Coun"ter*mure`\ (-m?r`), n. [Counter- + mure: cf.
F. contremur.] (Fort.)
A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when
breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf.
Contramure. --Knolles.
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Countermure
\Coun`ter*mure"\ (koun`t?r-m?r"), v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Countermured (-m?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Countermuring.]
[Cf. F. contremurer.]
To fortify with a wall behind another wall. [R.] --Kyd.
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