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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.
COUNTERMURE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
countermure
countermure
English
Noun
countermure (plural countermures)
- 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)
- (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.
- They are plac'd in those empyreal heights,
- 15??, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy