coupee

Definitions

In heraldry, same as couped.
noun In dancing, a movement which a dancer makes resting on one foot and passing the other forward or backward, making a sort of salutation. Also spelled coupé.
To make a sort of bow or salutation in dancing.

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.

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.

French coupée, properly past participle of couper to cut. Compare coupé, coopee.

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As a matter of fact there is only one portrait of him that counts, that has more than the merest chance of being authentic, the one in the Chronologie collee or coupee.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
As a matter of fact there is only one portrait of him that counts, that has more than the merest chance of being authentic, the one in the Chronologie collee or coupee.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
As a matter of fact there is only one portrait of him that counts, that has more than the merest chance of being authentic, the one in the Chronologie collee or coupee.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
La fille coupee en deux (among many others) received few words of praise and, though I failed to see the first two, the latter pair are solid relationship dramas where nothing entirely unexpected occurs.

GreenCine Daily 2009
La fille coupee en deux (among many others) received few words of praise and, though I failed to see the first two, the latter pair are solid relationship dramas where nothing entirely unexpected occurs.

GreenCine Daily 2009