[COUNTER- 8 b.] A smaller parallel walk as an accessory to a main walk.
1664. Flecknoe, Disc. Eng. Stage (1869), 277. A well contriv’d Garden, cast into its Walks and Counterwalks.
1712. J. James, trans. Le Blond’s Gardening, 41. Three Alleys close together, a large one in the Middle, and two on the Sides that accompany it, and are called Counter-walks.
