Mus. Obs. [COUNTER- 12.] ? Note against note; = COUNTERPOINT sb.1 1.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 77. Bi þer grete criyng of song, as deschaunt, countre note & orgene, þei ben lettid fro studynge & prechynge of þe gospel.
c. 1475[?]. Sqr. lowe Degre, 790. Your quere nor organ songe shall wante, With counter note and dyscant.