coupee
See also: coupée
English
Etymology
French coupée, past participle of couper (“to cut”). Compare coupé, coopee.
Noun
coupee (plural coupees)
- 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.
- 1673, William Wycherley, The Gentleman Dancing-Master:
- One, two, and a coupee.
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References
- coupee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913