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Coupee

Coupee \Cou*pee"\ (k[=oo]*p[=e]"; F. k[=oo]`p[asl]"), n. [F. coup['e], n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. Coup['e], Coopee.] 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.
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coupee

n. A motion in dance, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.

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Usage examples of "coupee".

Knowing himself to be nearly done, he attempted a botte coupee, feinting in high carte and thrusting in a low tierce.

Ascending on the left, a flood was pouring in through and over the levees on the Chandler plantation, the most northern point in Pointe Coupee parish.