In Old English, a table or counter for exposing goods for sale, counting money, etc. Obsolete.

? a board or table used in some game of chance, or on which different objects were carried about for sale.

A piece of cardboard or other stiff material to which is fixed a sample or specimen of goods to be shown to customers. Cf. card, n.2 8b. Now rare.

Marketing. A free-standing cardboard display unit used for the promotional display of retail items (now esp. paperback books).