Coun″ter‐check′ (koun″t?r–ch?k′), n. 1. A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
2. Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
The system of checks and counterchecks.
J. H. Newton.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.