Counterfort

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterfort \Coun"ter*fort`\ (-f?rt`), n.
     1. (Fort.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a
        revetment wall.
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     2. A spur or projection of a mountain. --Imp. Dict.


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