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coun⋅ter⋅fort
/
ˈkaʊn
tərˌfɔrt
,
-ˌfoʊrt
/
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-ter-fawrt
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-fohrt
]
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–noun
1.
a buttress, esp. one for strengthening a basement wall against the pressure of earth.
2.
a cantilevered weight, as in a retaining wall, having the form of a pier built on the side of the material to be retained.
Origin:
1580–90;
partial trans. of MF
contrefort,
equiv. to
contre
counter-
+
fort
strength (deriv. of
fort
(adj.) strong)
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