counterbuff

Etymology

From counter- + buff.

noun

A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.

verb

To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.“The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again.”