The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterwheel \Coun`ter*wheel"\ (-hw[=e]l"), v. t. (Mil.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
Wiktionary
n. (context engineering English) (rfdef: English) vb. (context military English) To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
Usage examples of "counterwheel".
Though cluttered with the big bedstone, the hopper, and the counterwheel which projects between the rafters, this loft, where formerly grist was piled, provides ample space for a bed, which, what with the proximity of the border, is an almost Dutch bed.
She counterwheeled into the direction of the spin to control the skid back onto concrete, then climbed off the scooter and headed to the air lock.
Bats evacuate the counterwheel and lantern, arbor and windlay drive, to make room for Goldmouth's little presents: the radio, the lamp -- he had electricity put in -- the illustrated magazines, and the few utensils required by an old man who knows how to conjure up the smell of fried potatoes from a camp stove.