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