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Webster 1913 Edition


Countertime

Coun′ter-timeˊ

(-t?mˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
(Man.)
The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
2.
Resistance; opposition.
[Obs.]
Give not shus the
countertime
to fate.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Countertime

COUNTERTIME

,
Noun.
[counter and time.]
1.
In the manege, the defense or resistance of a horse that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman or the bad temper of the horse.
2.
Resistance; opposition.

Definition 2024


countertime

countertime

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English

Noun

countertime (countable and uncountable, plural countertimes)

  1. (obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.
  2. (obsolete) resistance; opposition
    Give not thus the countertime to fate. Dryden.