coupure

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from couper (“to cut”).

Noun

coupure (plural coupures)

1. (fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “coupure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From couper +‎ -ure

Noun

coupure f (plural coupures)

1. the act or result of cutting; a cut
2. interruption
3. power cut, blackout
4. bill, a piece of paper money

Further reading

• “coupure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.