countercraft

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ craft

Noun

countercraft (uncountable)

1. Strategies or tactics that serve to counter something.
   • 1850, Psychologist (pseudonym), Sacred Incidents (page 117)

     The moves of good, the countercraft of Ill, / Did Joseph's life, with stirring scenes now fill, […]

   • 1928, Leslie Barringer, Joris of the Rock:

     He thought of his voice, a shriek from nowhere, stilling the Butcher's hands upon Anne's body — of countercraft that might reveal him, of snickering laughter and glowing irons in the keep of Campscapel.