Countertime

n. 1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resistance; opposition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]