countermarch

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COUNTERMARCH, noun 1. A marching back; a returning. 2. A change of the wings or face of a battalion, so as to bring the right to the left or the front into the rear. 3. A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
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