Meter

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·Alt. of Metre.

II. Meter ·noun One who, or that which, metes or measures. ·see Coal-meter.

III. Meter ·noun A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

IV. Meter ·noun An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.