countermure

== English == === Alternative forms === contramure === Etymology === From French contremurer. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntəˌmjʊə/ === Noun === countermure (plural countermures) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed. === Verb === countermure (third-person singular simple present countermures, present participle countermuring, simple past and past participle countermured) (transitive) To fortify with a wall behind another wall. 15??, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy They are plac'd in those empyreal heights,Where, counter-mur'd with walls of diamond,I find the place impregnable. === References === “countermure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.