Also 5 cope. [a. F. couper to cut: cf. COPE v.4, a doublet of this.]
† 1. trans. To cut, slash. Obs. (Only in pa. pple.)
a. 1300. Syr Degarre, 790. His sschon i-couped as a kniȝt.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XVIII. 14. To geten him gylte spores or galoches ycouped [C. y-coped, ykeped].
c. 1435. Torr. Portugal, 1193. Withoute couped shone.
2. Her. To cut off clean: see COUPED.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xiii. (1660), 160. Couping is when a part is cut off smooth.
1639. Fuller, Holy War, V. xxiv. (1840), 285. Piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping [the cross].
