Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wheel, or effect by wheeling, in an opposite direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Mil.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb military To
turn , or cause to turn, in anopposite direction .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
counter- + wheel
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Examples
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Then, with a rattle of weight, chain, and counterwheel, the portcullis rumbled slowly down.
The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986
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