"counter-castle" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From counter- + castle.",
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          "ref": "1997, Stephen Morillo, Warfare Under the Anglo-Norman Kings, 1066-1135, page 137",
          "text": "One advantage of using counter-castles was that it allowed prosecution of the blockade with a minimum of men, leaving the bulk of the king's army free to move against other targets.",
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          "text": "One method was to blockade the enemy fortification with a counter-castle.",
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          "text": "He therefore decided to construct a counter-castle near Dunster to restrict the activities of the castle's garrison, and he left the counter-castle under the command of Henry de Tracy.",
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        "A castle built to secure a lord's territorial claims or to conquer the territory of a rival ruler."
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