counterdiken.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2g(b).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounterdike.

A second or reserve dike within or behind the dike of a river (as in the Netherlands), which limits the area of floods caused by the bursting of the river-dike.

ΚΠ

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xix. 189 The confederates at Lillo could, by opening the dyke of the Scheld, lay all the ground under water between Lillo and the counterdyke, while the besieged could, with the same facility, introduce the river into that part of the plain which lies between the counterdyke and Antwerp.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	counterdike
释义	counterdiken. Etymology: counter- prefix 2g(b).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounterdike. A second or reserve dike within or behind the dike of a river (as in the Netherlands), which limits the area of floods caused by the bursting of the river-dike. ΚΠ 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xix. 189 The confederates at Lillo could, by opening the dyke of the Scheld, lay all the ground under water between Lillo and the counterdyke, while the besieged could, with the same facility, introduce the river into that part of the plain which lies between the counterdyke and Antwerp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1777
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