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couped, ppl. a.|kuːpt|
Also 7 cooped.
†1. Cut, slashed: see coup v.2 1. Obs.
2. Her. Said of the head or any member of an animal, or a part of a plant, represented as cut off ‘clean’ or smoothly (opp. to erased, slipped); also of an ordinary (e.g. a cross) having the extremities cut off so as not to extend to the boundaries of the shield.
1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 297 Three childrens heads couped at the shoulders. 1705Hearne Collect. 24 Nov., An Asses Head couped. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xvii. (ed. 3) 274 A dexter hand couped at the wrist. 1882Cussans Her. iv. 61 The Cross humetté, or couped, as its name implies, has its extremities cut off.
transf.1678Butler Hud. iii. iii. 214 Th' Ears, Eras'd, or Coup'd for Perjurers. |