- Look up
counterfort in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Counterfort may
refer to: A
Buttress A
defensive fortification, such as
constructed by a besieging...
- abutment, size
between full
height and stub
abutment Counterfort abutment,
similar to
counterfort retaining walls Spill-through abutment,
vertical buttresses...
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forces arising out of
inadequately braced roof structures. The term
counterfort can be
synonymous with
buttress and is
often used when
referring to dams...
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Sometimes cantilevered walls are
buttressed on the front, or
include a
counterfort on the back, to
improve their strength resisting high loads. Buttresses...
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Christ Pantacrator (reminiscent of its
Byzantine era). Its
strengthening counterforts that work like buttresses, are
shaped as
paired columns to
lighten their...
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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...
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Preservation Committee. Liggett, Barbara; Laumark,
Sandra (1979). "The
Counterfort at Fort Mifflin".
Bulletin of the ****ociation for
Preservation Technology...
- located. From the
outside they had high
stone walls reinforced with
counterforts, and from the
inside there were
galleries with
several stores which led...
- four buttresses,
balcony and
lantern room
Markings white tower with
counterforts, red
lantern room
Power source mains electricity
Heritage architectural...
- "Cal Granotes"
tannery with
counterforts along the ditch...
