Mining. Also dial. CAUNTER q.v. Short for COUNTER-LODE; also for counter-gangway (see quot.).
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Counter, (1) a cross-vein; (2) a gangway driven obliquely upwards on a coal-seam from the main gangway until it cuts off the faces of the workings, and then continues parallel with the main gangway.
