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▪ I. ˌcounterˈslope, v.
[counter- 1: cf. counterslope n.]
trans. To slope on the opposite side (in quot., on the inner side).
1828J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 353 In all these cases he supposes the revêtement to be countersloped, that is, to have the exterior face in a vertical plane, and the interior face inclined.
▪ II. ˈcounterslope, n.
[counter- 6.]
1. The opposite slope of a hill, a ridge, etc.; a slope in the opposite direction.
1853Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. II. xxxii. 359 The rising of a counterslope almost imperceptible to the eye. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 105 The counter-slope of this ridge is narrow.
2. ‘An overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter-slope’ (Webster 1864).
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