countermarching

English

Verb

countermarching

1. present participle and gerund of countermarch

Noun

countermarching (plural countermarchings)

1. A countermarch.
   • 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:

     […] every private man was fit to command, and their wheelings, marchings, countermarchings, and exercise, were done with such order and readiness, that the distinct words of command were hardly of any use among them […]

Anagrams

• countercharming