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couter

American

[koo-ter] / ˈku tər /

noun

Armor.

a piece of plate armor for the elbow.

Etymology

Origin of couter

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French coute elbow (< Latin cubitum; see cubit) + Anglo-French -er -er ²

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First W. I. M. I'll lay you a couter it is.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

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