countermure

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US/ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/UK/ˈkaʊntəˌmjʊə/

noun

A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed.

OriginFrench contremurer →
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Meanings

nouncountermure (plural countermures)

plural countermures · alternative contramure

  1. 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

    1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
verbcountermure (third-person singular simple present countermures, present participle countermuring, simple past and past participle countermured)

present singular third person countermures · participle present countermuring · participle past countermured · past countermured · alternative contramure

  1. transitiveTo 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.

Origin

  1. Frenchcontremurer
  2. Englishcountermure

From French contremurer.

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APA

countermure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countermure

MLA

“countermure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countermure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countermure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countermure.

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