coupee
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See also: coupée
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French coupée, past participle of couper (“to cut”). Compare coupé, coopee.
Noun[edit]
coupee (plural coupees)
- A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
- 1673, William Wycherley, The Gentleman Dancing-Master:
- One, two, and a coupee.
References[edit]
- “coupee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.