countertime

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In fencing, a pass or thrust made at a wrong or inopportune moment for the opponent, thus breaking the rhythm of his intended combination.
• noun In the manège, the resistance or hindrance of a horse that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manège, occasioned by lack of skill in the rider or the bad temper of the horse.
• noun Resistance; opposition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (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.
• noun obsolete Resistance; opposition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun obsolete The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.
• noun obsolete resistance; opposition