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ˈcounter-round Mil. ? Obs.
[ad. F. contreronde, in It. contrarondo, f. contre-, contra- against, acting as a check on + F. ronde, It. rondo, ronda, a military ‘round’.]
A patrol of officers to inspect or check the rounds; also concr. the body of officers going on this duty.
1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons ** iv b, To understand the orders of watches, bodies of watches, centinells, rounds, and counterrounds. 1599Minsheu Pleas. Dial. Sp. & Eng. (1623) 63 There is newes of the enemy & therefore needfull..that the round & counterround may goe uery thicke. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 65 To walk the round and counter-round with his fellow inspectors. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Counter-round, a body of officers going to visit, and inspect the rounds. |