couped

Definitions

In heraldry: Cut off evenly: said of the head or limb of an animal, the trunk of a tree, etc.: in opposition to erased (which see).
Not extending to the edge of the escutcheon: said of an ordinary, as a cross, bend, etc. See humettee. Also coupée.

adjective (Her.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See erased.

adjective heraldry cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal.

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To hear and heed the shout that's been couped up inside, and give it room to sing.

Dr. Cara Barker: The Gift of This New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2012
To hear and heed the shout that's been couped up inside, and give it room to sing.

Dr. Cara Barker: The Gift of This New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2012
Tge craft could be couped together in the same manner the ISS was.

Where Next? - NASA Watch 2009
He puts it this way: "A shout comes out of my room where I've been couped up."

Dr. Cara Barker: The Gift of This New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2012
He puts it this way: "A shout comes out of my room where I've been couped up."

Dr. Cara Barker: The Gift of This New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2012
I don't enjoy hunting couped birds because there is very little sport.

I am moving to Missouri next spring and have given thought to hatching and raising quail. 2009
Like I have said I have been couped up in my dorm studying my life away.

Lady Hunters 2009
Like I have said I have been couped up in my dorm studying my life away.

Lady Hunters 2009
I don't enjoy hunting couped birds because there is very little sport.

I am moving to Missouri next spring and have given thought to hatching and raising quail. 2009
To hear and heed the shout that's been couped up inside, and give it room to sing.

Dr. Cara Barker: The Gift of This New Year Dr. Cara Barker 2012