# couped

Pronunciation: say "KOOD" /kud/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of coup. — simple past and past participle of coup
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of coup. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.

## Adjective

2. In heraldry, cut off cleanly with a straight edge (especially an animal's head or limb) as opposed to erased, which leaves a jagged, torn edge.
   - Simple: On a coat of arms, an animal's head or leg cut off with a clean, straight edge, not a torn one.
   - _The blazon described a couped boar's head argent on a field of gules._
   - _On the new arms the eagle's legs were drawn couped just above the talons._

## Origin

From French couper, meaning "to cut."

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