v. Fencing. [ad. F. contre-dégager to disengage at the same time as the adversary.] To disengage and make a thrust or lunge as the adversary changes the engagement.
1889. W. H. Pollock, etc. Fencing (Badm. Libr.), ii. 49. To counter-disengage on a change from quarte to tierce. Ibid., 62. § 4.
Hence Counter-disengage, -ment sbs., the action of doing this; a disengagement on, or rather anticipating, the adversary’s disengagement. Also b. A riposte made by means of a disengagement.
1889. W. H. Pollock, etc. Fencing (Badm. Libr.), ii. 49. A disengage is made by quitting one line for another. A counter-disengage, on the contrary, is made in the same line; the movement, though similar in appearance, is in fact reversed. Ibid., ii. 48. Simple attacks are those which are preceded by no feint. There are four: the straight thrust, the disengagement, the coupé, and the counter-disengagement.
