Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A closed four-wheel carriage with two seats inside and one outside for a driver.
- noun A closed two-door automobile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
coup . - noun Fault; guilt.
- noun In fencing, a sudden shifting of the guard by lifting the foil over the point of the opponent's blade and thrusting at the same moment on the unprotected side. A coupé is in the nature of a surprise to a careless opponent. See
cut over point , under cut. - noun The front compartment of a French stage-coach or diligence; an end compartment of a European first-class railway-carriage, generally seated for four.
- noun A low, short, four-wheeled, close carriage without the front seat, and carrying two inside, with an outside seat for the driver.
- noun Same as
coupee . - noun An obsolete form of
cup . - noun [F.] A shallow open cup or bowl of silver, gold, or bronze, used as a mantel ornament.
- noun A dry measure used in parts of Switzerland before the introduction of the metric system. In Geneva it was equal to Winchester bushels, and in Basel to . There was also formerly a coupe in Lyons, otherwise called a quart, containing nine tenths of a Winchester peck.
- noun A Middle English form of
coop .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
- noun A four-wheeled enclosed carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.
- noun a two-door automobile with front seats and a luggage compartment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A two-seater
car , normally asports car , in British English a car body style
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of couper, to cut, from coup, blow; see coup.]
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From the French coupé (an elliptical use where carosse coupé ("cut carriage") is understood), the past participle of couper ("to cut").
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chained_bear commented on the word coupé
Usage on barouche.
October 22, 2008