Fencing. [Fr. contreriposte: see COUNTER sb.5]
A riposte delivered, still on the lunge, after partying 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. Ibid., 86–7. A thrust delivered after parrying the counter-riposte is called a second counter-riposte.
