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Webster 1913 Edition


Countermure

Coun′ter-mureˊ

(-m?rˊ)
,
Noun.
[
Counter-
+
mure
: cf. F.
contremur
.]
(Fort.)
A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed.
[R.]
Cf.
Contramure
.
Knolles.

Counˊter-mure′

(kounˊt?r-m?r′)
,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Countermure

COUNTERMURE

,
Noun.
[L., a wall.] A wall raised behind another, to supply its place, when a breach is made.

COUNTERMURE

,
Noun.
To fortify with a wall behind another.

Definition 2024


countermure

countermure

English

Noun

countermure (plural countermures)

  1. A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knolles to this entry?)

Verb

countermure (third-person singular simple present countermures, present participle countermuring, simple past and past participle countermured)

  1. (transitive) 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.