counterfort

[ Pref.counter, and fort.] 1. Masonry: A pier or buttre bonded as a revetment to the back of a retaining wall, to support and also tie the wall, such as the scarp of a fort, to the bank in the rear. The buttre is sometimes on the face. When arches are turned between counterforts, it is called a counter-arched revetment. 2. Á spur or projecting part of a mountain. coun-ter-gauge, coun-ter-gāģe, s. counter, and gauge.]. [Pref. Carp.: An adjustable, double-pointed gauge for transferring the measurement of a mortise to the end of a stick where a tenon is to be made, or vice vers a .