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coup verb1 trans. [ku:p] ME.
[French couper, Old French co(l)per: see COPE verb1.]
Cut; slash. Only as couped ppl adjective. Only in ME.
Chiefly Heraldry. Cut clean off; depict as having an extremity cut off in a straight line. Chiefly as couped ppl adjective. E16.
Times The bust appearing on coins will be 'couped', or cut off above the shoulders.