The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counter-roll
Counter-roll \Coun"ter-roll`\ (-r?l`), n. [Cf. Control.] (O.
Eng. Law)
A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a
check upon another officer's roll.
--Burrill.
Note: As a verb this word is contracted into control. See Control.
Wiktionary
counter-roll
n. (context UK legal obsolete English) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Usage examples of "counter-roll".
To fire paired broadsides into the Federation base as the ship descended, Blakey must have rolled the Mizpah on her axis, then counter-rolled.
To fire paired broadsides into the Federation base as the ship descended, Blakey must have rolled theMizpah on her axis, then counter-rolled.