ˈcounter-maˌnœuvre, n.
[counter- 3.]
A manœuvre opposed to a preceding manœuvre.
Hence counter-maˈnœuvre v., -ing vbl. n.
| 1845 Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) IV. lxxiv. 18 Considering counter-manoeuvring pious in such a cause. 1865 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xiii. iv. 41 He kept manœuvring upon Neipperg, who countermanœuvred with vigilance. |