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Definition of Counterforts

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

Meaning of Counterforts from wikipedia

- Look up counterfort in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Counterfort may refer to: A Buttress A defensive fortification, such as constructed by a besieging...
- forces arising out of inadequately braced roof structures. The term counterfort can be synonymous with buttress and is often used when referring to dams...
- abutment, size between full height and stub abutment Counterfort abutment, similar to counterfort retaining walls Spill-through abutment, vertical buttresses...
- Christ Pantacrator (reminiscent of its Byzantine era). Its strengthening counterforts that work like buttresses, are shaped as paired columns to lighten their...
- walls include 25 towers with quadrangular base, which also served as counterforts. Inside is an aljibe, a rainwater tank including a cistern to collect...
- wooden one. The new church was made of yellow bricks and decorated with counterforts, peaked windows and arches, and a rose window in the main facade. The...
- casualties en route from St Symeon to Antioch. Bohemond's troops built a counterfort outside Saint Paul's Gate in Antioch's northeast wall to protect themselves...
- Sometimes cantilevered walls are buttressed on the front, or include a counterfort on the back, to improve their strength resisting high loads. Buttresses...
- located. From the outside they had high stone walls reinforced with counterforts, and from the inside there were galleries with several stores which led...
- The lighthouse's structure is made out of metal, supported by four counterforts. The lighthouse had a gallery and a sentry room, which was destro****...