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Definition of Croupes
1. croupe [n] - See also: croupe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croupes
Literary usage of Croupes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological record (1887)
"Nouvelles indications sur les croupes de la ... [New Notes on the croupes of the
Somme.] Bull. Soc. Linn. Nord, t. iii. p. 352. [1877. ..."
2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Sir Richard croupes, со. Dorset, V. Arg. six lozenges in bend sa. ... Richard de
croupes, /-,'. Arg. seven lozenges gu. three three and one. ..."
3. Voprosy regulirovanii͡a knigoobmena mezhdu bibliotekami i nauchnymi by Thomas Landau, William Myson, Raymond Knox Olding, France Commission de la République française pour l' education, la science et la culture, T͡S entralʹnyĭ sibirskiĭ botanicheskiĭ sad, Vladimir Fedorovich Alʹtergot, Ole Ho (1890)
"... et au sommet de l'une de ces croupes, des génisses qui paissent, et un rayon
incertain de soleil qui tombe et qui joue. A gauche, au pied de la montée, ..."
4. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Eduard Suess (1906)
"The facts according to Mercey are as follows:—The peat is 7-8 meters thick ;
above it rise little bosses about 4 meters high, the croupes de la Somme. ..."
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