Countermarch

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 111

kown'tir-m , n. a marching backward or in a direction different from a former one {mil.) an evolution by which a mOte mflte mOOn then. 09 111 IMG:page-111.webp:Page 111 Counterpane 1»dy of men change front, and retain the same men in the front rank change of measures.