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coupee, n.|kuːˈpiː, ˈkuːpiː|
Also 8 coopee, coupie, coupé.
[ad. F. coupé in same sense: see -ee.]
A dance step formerly much used; the dancer rests on one foot and passes the other forward or backward, making a sort of salutation; hence, sometimes used for a bow made while advancing.
1673Wycherley Gentl. Dancing-Master iii. i, One, two, and a coupee. 1690D'Urfey Collin's Walk iii. (D.) Coupees low from pauper drudges. 1708Motteux Rabelais v. xxiv. (1737) 105 Jerts..Coupés, Hops, Leadings, Risings. 1757E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) II. 105 Why shall a man practise coupees, who only means to walk? 1827Lamb Let. to Barton in Final Mem. viii. (1865) 261 Advancing..with a coupee and a sidelong bow.
Hence coupee v. intr., to make this movement; to make a sort of bow or salutation in dancing.
1690D'Urfey Collin's Walk iii. (D.) [He] Would lose his freedom like a puppy, Rather than she [his daughter] not learn to coupee. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 386 It being dubious whether I limp or coupee. 1748Earthquake of Peru iii. 255 That it may not hinder them in rising or coupeeing. |