coup2
[kohp, koop]
- overturn; upset.
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Origin of coup2
1350–1400; Middle English coupe to pay for < Old Norse kaupa to buy, barter; cognate with Old English cēapian, German kaufen. See cheap
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Historical Examples
If couped between the elbow and the wrist, it is a cubit arm.
The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
Stocks of Trees "couped and eradicated" are by no means uncommon.
A Complete Guide to HeraldryArthur Charles Fox-Davies
Less often it is found “couped” or cut off with a sheer line.
The energies of Frenchmen are not imprisoned; no, they are only couped.
Crest—An arm embowed, couped at the shoulder, the hand grasping a hammer, all proper.
The True Legend of St. Dunstan and the DevilEdward G. Flight
coup1
- a brilliant and successful stroke or action
- short for coup d'état
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Word Origin
C18: from French: blow, from Latin colaphus blow with the fist, from Greek kolaphos
coup2
cowp
Scot
- to turn or fall over
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- a rubbish tip
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Word Origin
C15: perhaps identical with obsolete cope to strike; see cope 1
coup3
- Scot to barter; traffic; deal
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Word Origin
C14: from Old Norse kaupa to buy
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Word Origin and History for couped
coup
n.
c.1400, from Old French coup, colp "a blow, strike" (12c.), from Medieval Latin colpus, from Vulgar Latin colapus, from Latin colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear," from Greek kolaphos "a blow, slap." Meaning "a sudden decisive act" is 1852, short for coup d'etat. In Modern French the word is a workhorse, describing everything from a pat on the back to a whipping, and is used as well of thunder, gusts of wind, gunshots, and chess moves.
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coup
[(kooh)]
In politics, an abbreviation for coup d'état.
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