COUP'E: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cou`p['e]"\ (k[=oo]`p[asl]"), n. [F., fr. coup['e], p.
p. of couper to cut. See {Coppice}.]
1. The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the
front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or
carriage on British railways.
2. A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with
an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because
giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.
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