Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cutthroat.
- noun Milit., a position affording an enemy so many advantages that the troops who occupy it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
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- noun military Any
position giving theenemy suchadvantage that thetroops occupying it must eithersurrender or be cut to pieces.
Etymologies
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French, literally "cut-throat".
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Examples
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“why, this is worse than a coupe-gorge house, where they receive travellers to plunder them of their property.”
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