coupe-gorgen.

/kuːpˈɡɔːʒ/

Etymology: French; = cut-throat.

†1. A cut-throat. Obsolete.

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c1400 Rom. Rose 7422 A rasour sharpe and wel bitinge That was forged in a forge Which that men clepen Coupe-Gorge. [Hence in Minsheu 1617, Phillips.]

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Coupe-gorge, a cut-throat.

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2. ‘Used in a military sense to signify any spot or position which affords an enemy so many advantages that the troops who occupy it must either surrender or be cut to pieces’ (Stocqueler).

3. figurative.

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1612 Sir R. Winwood Let. to Jas. I in Motley Barneveld II. 456 On thys, he long insysted, as th' only couppe-gorge, of all resultats, whatsoever, between france and spayne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	coupe-gorge
释义	coupe-gorgen. /kuːpˈɡɔːʒ/ Etymology: French; = cut-throat. †1. A cut-throat. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 7422 A rasour sharpe and wel bitinge That was forged in a forge Which that men clepen Coupe-Gorge. [Hence in Minsheu 1617, Phillips.] 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Coupe-gorge, a cut-throat. Categories » 2. ‘Used in a military sense to signify any spot or position which affords an enemy so many advantages that the troops who occupy it must either surrender or be cut to pieces’ (Stocqueler). 3. figurative. ΚΠ 1612 Sir R. Winwood Let. to Jas. I in Motley Barneveld II. 456 On thys, he long insysted, as th' only couppe-gorge, of all resultats, whatsoever, between france and spayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c1400
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