compter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A counter (token used for keeping count).

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.

2. A prison attached to a city court; a counter.

   Usage

   • Historical

   Examples

   Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.