coupure
English edit
Etymology edit
French, from couper (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coupure (plural coupures)
- (fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
- 1860, John Thomas Hyde, Elementary Principles of Fortification:
- It will be observed here, that the coupure is not cut through the scarp revetment of the face of the bastion, although it is necessary for it to go through the thickness of the parapet
References edit
- “coupure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coupure f (plural coupures)
- the act or result of cutting; a cut
- interruption
- power cut, blackout
- cutting, cut out, clipping
- coupure de presse ― newspaper cutting, newspaper clipping
- bill, a piece of paper money
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: купю́ра (kupjúra)
- → Russian: купю́ра (kupjúra)
- → Turkish: küpür
- → Ukrainian: купю́ра (kupjúra)
Further reading edit
- “coupure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.