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

coup d'états
coup de force
coup de foudre
coup de grace
coup de grâce
coup de main
coup de maitre
coup de sabre
coup de theatre
coup de théâtre
coup injury of brain
coup stick
coup sticks
coupage
coupe
couped (current term)
coupee
coupees
coupelike
couper
coupers
coupes
couping
coupla
couplable
couple-beggar
couple-beggars
couple-close
couple-closes

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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