The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterchange \Coun"ter*change`\ (koun"t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj`), n. Exchange; reciprocation.
Counterchange \Coun`ter*change"\ (koun`t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-ch?njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging.]
To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.
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To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2.
Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright.
--Tennyson.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) An exchange of one thing for another. 2 (context obsolete English) Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation. vb. 1 To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. 2 To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.
WordNet
v. cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: transpose, interchange]
Usage examples of "counterchange".
She sat gazing on the Jewel and its counterchanging splendours in her hand, and the thought of Almeryl and his necessity was her only thought.
Even Sigfryd Silverhair showed two scythes counterchanged on a field divided bend-wise.
Aquarius and Aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of Pisces, just as, in the Trumps VIII and XI, Leo and Libra do about Virgo.
Rather, they matched perfectly except for their colours, since the shield had been counterchanged: the sinister half was white wherever the dexter was black, and vice versa, so that the left half of the chevron was black and the right half white, while the left half of the charge was white and the right black, and so forth.