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/ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/ · noun
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
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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Countermure means A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed..
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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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