† countertailn.

Forms: Also countre-, countir-, -taille, -taile, -tayle.

Etymology: < Old French contretaille the opposite half or duplicate of a tally: compare countertally n.

Obsolete.

1. The opposite half of a tally; a tally or score kept to check another.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > receipt > part of tally

countertailc1430

countertally1440

swatch?a1527

stock1642

counterfoil1706

counterstock1706

c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 71 Þi reckenyng bi tyme bisili þou make, Or þe deuel bringe þe countirtaile.

a1500 Piers of Fulham (James) in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) II. 9 Hys paymentes ben scored on the countertayle.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qiii/2 A Countretayle, anticopa.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Countertaile or Countertallie, or tallie to confirme or confute another tallie..because it is a piece of wood which the one partie keepeth, that is cut off from another peece that the other partie keepeth: and so when both parties meet with their tallies, they score vp the number of that which is deliuered and receiued, by cutting a notch with a knife. [Hence in subsequent Dicts.]

2. A counter-stroke.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > return blow or attack

countertailc1430

counterbuff?1578

countercuff1589

revie1589

cross-blow1590

counterblow1706

riposte1854

counterstroke1876

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > returning a blow > return blow or stroke

countertailc1430

counterbuff?1578

countercuff1589

revie1589

counterstroke1596

after-blow1607

counterblow1655

return1702

return stroke1838

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. iii. 149 b Agayn the malice, to make a countertaile Of proude Silla, the malice eft tassayle.

1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 174 The countertayles Of oure enmyes.

3. at the countertail: in reply, in retort.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adverb]

againOE

i-gainc1325

againwarda1382

at the countertailc1386

in rejoinder1556

responsibly1653

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1134 Folweth Ekko that holdeth no silence, But euere answereth at the countretaille.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 130 Alweys at the Countre~taile Theyr [wives] tunge clappithe and dothe hewe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	countertail
释义	† countertailn. Forms: Also countre-, countir-, -taille, -taile, -tayle. Etymology: < Old French contretaille the opposite half or duplicate of a tally: compare countertally n. Obsolete. 1. The opposite half of a tally; a tally or score kept to check another. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > receipt > part of tally countertailc1430 countertally1440 swatch?a1527 stock1642 counterfoil1706 counterstock1706 c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 71 Þi reckenyng bi tyme bisili þou make, Or þe deuel bringe þe countirtaile. a1500 Piers of Fulham (James) in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) II. 9 Hys paymentes ben scored on the countertayle. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qiii/2 A Countretayle, anticopa. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Countertaile or Countertallie, or tallie to confirme or confute another tallie..because it is a piece of wood which the one partie keepeth, that is cut off from another peece that the other partie keepeth: and so when both parties meet with their tallies, they score vp the number of that which is deliuered and receiued, by cutting a notch with a knife. [Hence in subsequent Dicts.] 2. A counter-stroke. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > return blow or attack countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 cross-blow1590 counterblow1706 riposte1854 counterstroke1876 the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > returning a blow > return blow or stroke countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 counterstroke1596 after-blow1607 counterblow1655 return1702 return stroke1838 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. iii. 149 b Agayn the malice, to make a countertaile Of proude Silla, the malice eft tassayle. 1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 174 The countertayles Of oure enmyes. 3. at the countertail: in reply, in retort. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adverb] againOE i-gainc1325 againwarda1382 at the countertailc1386 in rejoinder1556 responsibly1653 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1134 Folweth Ekko that holdeth no silence, But euere answereth at the countretaille. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 130 Alweys at the Countre~taile Theyr [wives] tunge clappithe and dothe hewe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1386
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