Obs. [transl. F. contre-fenêtre, contre-vitre.] A shutter outside a window.
1611. Cotgr., Contre-fenestre, a woodden window (on the outside of a glasen one), a counter window, or outward window.
1616. Surfl. & Markh., Country Farme, 15. By the meanes of Windowes and counter-Windowes, you may cut off the entrance both of Sunne and whatsoeuer Winds.
