Obs. [COUNTER- 8 b.] Landscape Gardening. A step or ‘benching’ covered with turf.
1712. J. James, trans. Le Blond’s Gardening, 117. Foot-Paces, Counter-Terrasses … and Slopes of Grass…. These Foot-Paces and Counter-Terrasses, are sustained by low Walls of Masonry.
