Comptern.

/ˈkaʊntə/

Etymology: Old spelling of counter n.³ 7 (see for etymology and history). Formerly used in all senses of counter n.³, and from the 17th cent. the official spelling of the word in this sense.

The name of certain city prisons for debtors, etc., in London, Southwark, Exeter, etc.The two London Compters or Counters are mentioned in the 15th cent.: they were the Poultry Compter, taken down in 1817, and the Bread Street Compter, succeeded in 1555 by the Wood Street Compter, and this in 1791 by the Giltspur Street Compter, closed in 1854.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > attached to a city court

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1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 78 The prisons of Ludgate..And the Countours.

1476 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 36 He..gart him be sett in the Countre, till he founde sewerte to answer at the Gildehall for the cloth.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxix. 265 They..brake vp the prison of newgate and drafe oute al the prisoners and of both countours..and destroyed alle the bookes of bothe counters.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 96 Item the xxvij. day of September after was the counter in Bredstret removyd in-to Wood-strete.

1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. I. 20 He is got into one o' your citie pounds, the Counters.

1617 W. Fennor (title) The Compters Common-wealth, or a Voiage made to an Infernall Iland.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §107 111 In the south gate are two common prisons, also a coumpter, for such as be arrested upon actions at any man's suit.

a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle i. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 387 How got you hither? Could not the Compter hold you?

1661 Pagitt's Heresiogr. (ed. 6) 215 [He]..was committed by a Lord Maior to the Counter, and from thence removed to the new Prison in Maiden lane.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 398 A counter or prison, carcer.

c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 83 To Richard Normansell, secondary of Wood Street Compter.

1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 36 The two Compters are near enough to be taken care of by the same gentlemen.

1829 London in 19th c. II. 117 [a print of ‘Giltspur Street Compter’ as then existing.]

1879 J. Morley Burke 43 If the House of Commons could send their citizens to Newgate, they could send its messenger to the Compter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	compter
释义	Comptern. /ˈkaʊntə/ Etymology: Old spelling of counter n.³ 7 (see for etymology and history). Formerly used in all senses of counter n.³, and from the 17th cent. the official spelling of the word in this sense. The name of certain city prisons for debtors, etc., in London, Southwark, Exeter, etc.The two London Compters or Counters are mentioned in the 15th cent.: they were the Poultry Compter, taken down in 1817, and the Bread Street Compter, succeeded in 1555 by the Wood Street Compter, and this in 1791 by the Giltspur Street Compter, closed in 1854. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > attached to a city court Compter1428 counter1428 townhouse1857 1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 78 The prisons of Ludgate..And the Countours. 1476 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 36 He..gart him be sett in the Countre, till he founde sewerte to answer at the Gildehall for the cloth. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxix. 265 They..brake vp the prison of newgate and drafe oute al the prisoners and of both countours..and destroyed alle the bookes of bothe counters. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 96 Item the xxvij. day of September after was the counter in Bredstret removyd in-to Wood-strete. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. I. 20 He is got into one o' your citie pounds, the Counters. 1617 W. Fennor (title) The Compters Common-wealth, or a Voiage made to an Infernall Iland. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §107 111 In the south gate are two common prisons, also a coumpter, for such as be arrested upon actions at any man's suit. a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle i. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 387 How got you hither? Could not the Compter hold you? 1661 Pagitt's Heresiogr. (ed. 6) 215 [He]..was committed by a Lord Maior to the Counter, and from thence removed to the new Prison in Maiden lane. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 398 A counter or prison, carcer. c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 83 To Richard Normansell, secondary of Wood Street Compter. 1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 36 The two Compters are near enough to be taken care of by the same gentlemen. 1829 London in 19th c. II. 117 [a print of ‘Giltspur Street Compter’ as then existing.] 1879 J. Morley Burke 43 If the House of Commons could send their citizens to Newgate, they could send its messenger to the Compter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1428
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