counter-walln.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2l.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-wall.

Military.

A line of wall raised against the enemy's wall.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall raised against enemy's wall

counter-wall1836

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxv. 411 The Syracusans..had returned to the city..leaving a guard at the counter~wall.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 342 A tenable counter~wall..would completely defeat the intent of the besiegers.

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

counter-wall n.

ΚΠ

1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood Wks. (1874) II. 31 Sentences..for posteritie to carve Vpon the inside of the Counter wall.

单词	counter-wall
释义	counter-walln. Etymology: counter- prefix 2l.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-wall. Military. A line of wall raised against the enemy's wall. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall raised against enemy's wall counter-wall1836 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxv. 411 The Syracusans..had returned to the city..leaving a guard at the counter~wall. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 342 A tenable counter~wall..would completely defeat the intent of the besiegers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas counter-wall counter-wall n. ΚΠ 1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood Wks. (1874) II. 31 Sentences..for posteritie to carve Vpon the inside of the Counter wall. extracted from countern.³ < n.1836 as lemmas
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