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counterfort
noun
A buttress built against a wall.
Exact(2)
The counterfort with the staircase was roofed with wooden boards and tin sheets in 1869.
A stone staircase was cut to the southern counterfort plus a room large enough for a team of six men.
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Reinforced-concrete counterforts between the platform and the sheeting can be an additional help.
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