Coun″ter‐mure′ (–m?r′), n. [Counter- + mure: cf. F. contremur.] (Fort.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. Cf. Contramure. Knolles.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.