counter-riˈposte Fencing.
[Fr. contre-riposte: see counter n.5]
A riposte delivered, still on the lunge, after parrying the adversary's first riposte. Also, sometimes, a counter followed by a riposte.
| 1889 W. H. Pollock, etc. Fencing (Badm. Libr.) iv. 86 The fencer whose attack has been defeated, and who has in turn parried the riposte, can deliver the counter-riposte... A thrust delivered after parrying the counter-riposte is called a second counter-riposte. |