countermure
/ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/
noun 1verb 1
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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
verb
1
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.
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if they could aduance a countermure as high as their wals , and ſo to attaine to the conqueſt thereof
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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.
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