Obs. [a. F. contremont, in OF. cuntremunt up-hill, up, contrariwise, f. contre against + mont mount, hill.] Up-hill, upwards, against the hill or slope; against the natural course or ordinary way. Also fig.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VI. x. 77. Quhair throw the sandis … Erydanus, the hevinlie riveir cleir, Flowis countirmont and wpwart to the lift.
1596. Danett, trans. Comines, 118. He might haue gone vp countermount against the riuer of Rhene. Ibid., 324. Horses and men were forced to draw countermount at the taile of euery peece.
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler, 29. They rather draw countermont with their hearts.
1808. Jamieson, Contirmont, against the hill, upwards. The term is metaphorically applied to any thing that is contrary to the nature or the course of things.
