Obs. [CONTRA- 3.] a. Opposite side; opponent. Sc. b. Mus. = COUNTERPART.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 479. Gret slauchter of his best capitanis: bot mair nowmer war slane of his contrapart.
1660. Ingelo, Bentiv. & Ur. (1682), Hh j a. Contrapart is taken in a Musical Sense.