Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a sort of bow or salutation in dancing.
- 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
motion indancing , when oneleg is a littlebent and raised from the floor, and with the other aforward motion is made.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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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
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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
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