counterblock

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ block.

Noun

counterblock (plural counterblocks)

  1. A block set up in opposition to another block.

Verb

counterblock (third-person singular simple present counterblocks, present participle counterblocking, simple past and past participle counterblocked)

  1. (transitive) To block in opposition to another block.
    • 1953, John Morris Jones, The World Book Encyclopedia (page 2976)
      to counterblock the British blockade
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