Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN'TER-FORT
COUN'TER-FOIL, or COUN'TER-STOCKCOUN'TER-GAGE
COUN'TER-FORT, n. [counter and fort.]
A buttress, spur or pillar serving to support a wall or terrace subject to bulge. – Chambers.
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