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单词 counter-round
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counter-roundn.

Etymology: < French contreronde, in Italian contrarondo, < contre-, contra- against, acting as a check on + French ronde, Italian rondo, ronda, a military ‘round’.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-round.
Military. ? Obsolete.
A patrol of officers to inspect or check the rounds; also concrete the body of officers going on this duty.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > patrol
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1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons ** iv b To understand the orders of watches, bodies of watches, centinells, rounds, and counterrounds.
1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 63 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. There is newes of the enimie, and therefore needful..that the round & counterround may go very thicke.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 28 To walk the round and counter-round with his fellow inspectors.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-Round, a Body of Officers going to visit, and inspect the Rounds, or the Sentinels.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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