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单词 counterforted
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counterfortedadj.

Etymology: < counterfort n. + -ed suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounterforted.
Strengthened with counterforts.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [adjective] > buttressed
buttressed1755
counterforted1816
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 75 Acute-angled embankments faced with cut stone counterforted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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