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Keywords: Revetment, Buttress, Perpendicular, Strengthen, Masonry

Related Terms: Flying Buttress, Bartizan, Batter, Brattice, Buttress, Coping, Corbel, Footing, Hoarding, Impost , Jetty , Niche, Parapet, Pilaster, Respond, Revetment, Squinch, Stringcourse, Stud, Surbase, Wainscot, Wainscoting, Bond Beam, Relieving Arch, Foundation Wall, Parapet Wall, Nonbearing Wall, Blind Arcade, Half-Timber, Cavity Wall, Chimney Breast, Corbel Arch, Curtain Wall, Corbelling, Sleeper Wall, Brick Veneer, Wall, Wall Sheathing, Dry Wall, Partition, Wall, Non-Bearing Wall, Chair Rail, Dado Rail, Wall, Shear Wall, Exterior Wall, Cap , Tie, Panel Wall

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A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

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A foundation wall section that strengthens (and is generally perpendicular to) a long section of foundation wall.

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Solid pillars of masonry within the body of the revetment. Counterforts are perpendicular to the revetment and are designed to support the weight of the rampart fill.

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An extension of a foundation wall which helps to strengthen the wall perpendicular to the longest section.

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A buttress which supports or reinforces a wall.

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interior buttress, used to strengthen revetment walls.

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