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coupures

coupures is the plural of coupure.

Meaning of coupure

Noun

coupure (plural coupures)

  1. A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
    • It will be observed here, that the coupure is not cut through the scarp revetment of the face of the bastion, although it is necessary for it to go through the thickness of the parapet1860, John Thomas Hyde, Elementary Principles of Fortification

Questions about coupures

What is coupures the plural of?
Coupures is the plural of coupure.

Words near coupures in the dictionary

  1. coups de théâtre
  2. coups-de-grace
  3. coupstick
  4. coupsticks
  5. coupure
  6. coupures
  7. coupvolution
  8. coupvolutions
  9. coupy
  10. coupé
  11. coupé de ville

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