Definition of Coupee

1. n. 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.

Definition of Coupee

1. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coupee

1. a dancing move [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coupee

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
coupee (current term)
coupees
coupelike
couper
coupers
coupes
couping
coupla
couplable
couple-beggar
couple-beggars
couple-close
couple-closes
couple on

Literary usage of Coupee

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

1. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1813)
"coupee, a short turn in the river Missisippi, about two hundred and fifty-nine ... At Point coupee, where the Missisippi made a great bend, some Frenchmen, ..."

2. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"With my best regards to him, tell him that Congress rose without deciding as to the validity of the remaining locations near Point coupee. ..."

3. Riparian Lands of the Mississippi River, Past--present--prospective: Being a by Frank H. Tompkins (1901)
"... Iberia 8 A. Decuir, Iberia 10 LB Claiborne, Pointe coupee 1 1 John Ehret, Jefferson 12 Henry Hart, Jefferson 13 J. Spies, Jefferson 15 Edwin P. Brady, ..."

4. Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian by John Adolphus (1839)
"Bannister in coupee, a dancing-master.— He plays Lucio, in Measure for Measure,—Chatillon in King John, — one of the Brothers in Comus. ..."

5. Shores of the Mediterranean: With Sketches of Travel by Francis Schroeder (1846)
"So, with this souvenir of a diligence coupee, we will stick to the royal death-purple of Vesuvius. We left the Plymouth at Naples. Palermo, June 13, 1848. ..."

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