counterfortn.

/ˈkaʊntəfɔːt/

Etymology: < French contrefort or Italian contraforte (Florio): see counter- prefix.

1. A buttress or projecting piece of masonry to support and strengthen a wall or terrace:

a. in Fortification.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > buttress

counterfort1590

buttress1645

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H3 The ~Bulwarks and the rampiers large and strong, With Caualieros and thick counterforts.

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Contrafuerte A counterfort or skonce.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-forts (in Fortif.) are certain Pillars and Parts of the Walls of a Place, distant from 15 to 20 Foot one from another.

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 353 For full scarpe revêtements..the length of the counterforts should be one-fifth of their height.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 269 The counterfort joins the escarp.

figurative.1877 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables ii. lxx Mitchell's brigade, and Maitland's guards, as epaulments and counterforts.

b. in Architecture.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > buttress

buttressc1330

botraillec1475

foot wharf1576

shouldering piece1585

flying buttress1669

buttressing1672

counterfort1728

arc-boutant1731

alette1810

flyer1912

arch-buttress-

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counterforts, Buttresses, Spurs, are Pillars of Masonry, serving to prop or sustain Walls or Terrasses, subject to buldge, or be thrown down.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 210 The quay-wall was..strengthened at the back by strong counter-forts.

1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 30 The path..is kept in fairly good order, propped up by stone counterforts.

2. transferred. A lateral spur projecting from a mountain or mountain-chain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > spur

limb1832

offset1833

counterfort1847

spurlet1894

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xiii. 163 Rocks..acting as contreforts or supports to the higher mountain summit.]

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxv. 16 Between the..gulf and the eastern counterforts of Olympus and Bermius.

†3. A fort raised by the besiegers, an opposing fort. [ < counter- prefix 2b] Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1627 T. Jackson Treat. Catholike Faith 141 Wee are..to shake..these two rotten foundations, wheron all their arguments,..are grounded..Our first Counterfort shall be this.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	counterfort
释义	counterfortn. /ˈkaʊntəfɔːt/ Etymology: < French contrefort or Italian contraforte (Florio): see counter- prefix. 1. A buttress or projecting piece of masonry to support and strengthen a wall or terrace: a. in Fortification. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > buttress counterfort1590 buttress1645 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H3 The ~Bulwarks and the rampiers large and strong, With Caualieros and thick counterforts. 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Contrafuerte A counterfort or skonce. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-forts (in Fortif.) are certain Pillars and Parts of the Walls of a Place, distant from 15 to 20 Foot one from another. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 353 For full scarpe revêtements..the length of the counterforts should be one-fifth of their height. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 269 The counterfort joins the escarp. figurative.1877 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables ii. lxx Mitchell's brigade, and Maitland's guards, as epaulments and counterforts. b. in Architecture. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > buttress buttressc1330 botraillec1475 foot wharf1576 shouldering piece1585 flying buttress1669 buttressing1672 counterfort1728 arc-boutant1731 alette1810 flyer1912 arch-buttress- 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counterforts, Buttresses, Spurs, are Pillars of Masonry, serving to prop or sustain Walls or Terrasses, subject to buldge, or be thrown down. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 210 The quay-wall was..strengthened at the back by strong counter-forts. 1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 30 The path..is kept in fairly good order, propped up by stone counterforts. 2. transferred. A lateral spur projecting from a mountain or mountain-chain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > spur limb1832 offset1833 counterfort1847 spurlet1894 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xiii. 163 Rocks..acting as contreforts or supports to the higher mountain summit.] 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxv. 16 Between the..gulf and the eastern counterforts of Olympus and Bermius. †3. A fort raised by the besiegers, an opposing fort. [ < counter- prefix 2b] Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1627 T. Jackson Treat. Catholike Faith 141 Wee are..to shake..these two rotten foundations, wheron all their arguments,..are grounded..Our first Counterfort shall be this. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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