in the menage, is the defence or resistance of a horse that interrupts his cadence, and the measure of his menage, occasioned either by a bad horsemanship, or by the malice of the horse.

Counter is also the name of a counting-board in a shop, and of a piece of metal with a stamp on it, used in playing at cards.

Counter of a horse, that part of a horse's forehand which lies between the shoulders and under the neck.

Counters in a ship, are two. 1. The hollow arching from the gallery to the lower part of the straight piece of the stern, is called the upper counter. 2. The lower counter is between the transom and the lower part of the gallery.

Counter is also the name of two prisons in the city of London, viz., the Poultry and Woodstreet.