counterfort
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counterfort
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From Middle French contrefort.
noun counterforts
- A buttress built against a wall. This involved new track drainage, strengthening of embankments and cuttings and the provision of counterforts.
- A spur of a mountain range. With its counterforts projecting some 300 miles, [the Pamir] forms the western headland of all the plateaux and mountain systems skirting the Chinese Empire; it completely separates the two halves of Asia, and forms an almost impassable barrier to migration and warlike incursions.
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title = {counterfort},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
