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COUNTERFORT (Fr. contrefort)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 315 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COUNTERFORT (Fr. contrefort)

COUNTERFORT (Fr. contrefort) , in

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ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a

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BUTTRESS (from the O. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. " butt " and " abutment ")

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PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier built up against the

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wall of a

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BUILDING

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TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace to strengthen it, or to resist the thrust of an

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arch or other constructional feature inside .

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