coupure
English
editEtymology
editFrench, from couper (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoupure (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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcoupure 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
editDescendants
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.
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