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Definition of Couped

1. a. Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.

Definition of Couped

1. Adjective. (heraldry) cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. ¹

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Definition of Couped

1. coup [v] - See also: coup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Couped

Literary usage of Couped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Ax. a sword in pale arg. bearing on the point a dexter band couped gu. betw. ... Ото SMI Arg. a sinister hand couped at the wrist gu. in chief a cross fonny ..."

2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Sa. on a chev. arg. betw. three boar's heads fess- «iso couped or armed az. ... Arg. on a chev. betw. three boar's heads couped gu. armed or a crescent of ..."

3. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Az. a boar's head couped arg., on a chief of the second three mullets gu., ... Az. a boar's head couped or (3rd quarter of ist and 4th grand quarters), ..."

4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Gordon, [Brako, Scotland] az. three boars' heads couped or, armed and langued gu. within a bordure per pale, ar. and of the second. ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... matriculate his arms, in the Lion Register, thus, Or, a Lion rampant gules, couped at all joints of the field, within a border ..."

6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... bear the arms of Ulster, viz. a field argent, a sinister hand couped at the wrist gules. (See HAND.) Шо! romance, who roamed about in ..."

7. A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-plates by Joseph Winfred Spenceley, Pierre de Chaignon la Rose (1905)
"this and rising beyond the outer frame is the crest : A boar's head, couped and erect in pale, proper. Etched and engraved ; signed JW Spenceley, Boston, ..."

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