Sentence:  Seymour, sitting in an old corduroy armchair across the room, a cigarette going, wearing a blue shirt, gray slacks, moccasins with the <WSD>counters</WSD> broken down, a shaving cut on the side of his face ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot ("above" the heel of the shoe/boot).