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coup 107 coupe
II. Fencing and related terms:
coup, allonger un , to make a pass or thrust;
d'arret, stopping thrust;
assener un , to deliver a violent blow (fist,
club, stick, etc.);
en avant, front thrust (lance);
s en avant, front cuts and thrusts;
de bawnnette, bayonet thrust;
de banderole, diagonal cut (broadsword);
de bout de pointe, point thrust (single-
stick);
de bout de talon, butt thrust (singlestick);
compose, thrust or lunge resulting from several
preceding motions;
s composes, combination of blows (single-
stick);
de cote, side thrust (lance);
s de cdte, side cuts and thrusts (saber);
donner le & I'arme, in a cutting weapon,
so to distribute the weight as to make an
effective blow possible, (hence) to balance a
cutting weapon;
droit, straight lunge;
d'epee, sword thrust;
d'estremac.on, cutting blow; side or back
stroke (saber);
de figure, blow at the face (singlestick);
de figure d droite (gauche), cut at right (left)
cheek (broadsword);
de flanc, body blow (singlestick); body or
flank cut (broadsword) ;
fourre, return cut or thrust (said when
each combatant is pierced, etc.); simultaneous
attack by the adversaries (singlestick);
de lance, lance thrust;
lance, in bayonet exercise, the release of the
piece from the left while still holding it in the
right hand;
de manchette, clever blow or stroke on adversary's
wrist;
parer un , to ward off, parry, a blow,
thrust;
de pied, kick (French boxing);
de pied bas, a low kick to the front (French
boxing);
de pied brise (en arriere, en avant, de flanc,
de figure), sort of cow kick (to the front, etc.)
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(French boxing);
pied brise tournant en avant (arriere'), cow
kick (front, rear), preceded by a face about
(French boxing);
de plat de sabre, blow with flat of sword;
de poing, blow with the fist;
de poing droit, blow from the shoulder
(boxing);
de poing de masse, swinging downward
blow or cut, sort of moulinet with the fist
(French boxing);
de poing de revers, blow to the rear (French
boxing);
de pointe, thrust, point; point cut (saber);
porter un , to give a olow, stab, cut, etc.;
-s reunis, combined movements (saber exer-
cise);
de revers, back stroke, cut, or thrust;
de sabre, saber cut, sword cut;
simple, simple thrust or lunge (proceeds
from one preceding motion);
de taille, cut;
de temps, time thrust or blow;
de tete, head cut (saber); blow at head (singlestick);
de venire, cut at the belly (saber).
III. Miscellaneous:
amortir un , to weaken, deaden, a blow;
arriere, (surv.) back sight;
d'arriere, (steam, etc.) backstroke (of a piston,
etc.);
d'audace, bold stroke;
d'avance, (steam, etc.) forward stroke (of a
piston, etc.);
-
avant, (surv.) fore sight;
d'avant, (steam, etc.) forward stroke
piston, etc.);
(of a
d'aviron, stroke, pull, with an oar;
de balai,
hipshot;
avoir de balai, (hipp.) to be
coup de belier, (steam, etc.) water-hammering;
de boutoir, (fan.) wound due to paring the
hoof too deep;
de chalcur, (hipp.) heat stroke:
de collier, great effort, renewed effort;
d'eau. (in pumps, etc.) impact of water (on
piston face, etc.);
d'epee dans I'eau, vain effort, wasted
effort;
de feu, overheating due to overeating
(carrier pigeons, etc.); (in the arts) heating,
(sometimes) burning, everburning, overheating;
de fond, (fig.) home thrust, blow that
tells;
deforet, tool mark, boring mark;
defoudre, stroke of lightning;
de fouet, blow or crack with a whip;
(hipp.) "lift," or second expiration of a
broken-winded horse; (elec.) time during
which a current on first making is more
powerful than it is normally; (expl.)
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whipping out'' of a Bickford or other
fuse when improperly set, on the flame
reaching the end; dislodgment of a second
charge by the explosion of the first (before the
second goes off);
de foulard, (hipp.) insertion of a small sponge,
etc., in nostrils that discharge (horse dealer's
trick);
grand , master stroke, (fig.) home thrust;
de hache, (hipp.) marked depression between
withers and neck;
de Jarnac, stab in the dark; mortal wound;
underhand blow;
de lance, (hipp.) depression at junction of neck
and shoulders, at base of neck (seen in Turkish
and in Spanish horses);
de mer, heavy sea, wave;
de mine, (expl.) blast;
de mine crachant, (expl.) blast in which
mortel, death blow;
de mouchoir, v. de foulard;
de niveau, (surv.) leveling sight;
d'outil, tool mark;
parer un , (fig.) to ward off, parry, a
blow;
de pied, kick;
de pied en vache, (hipp.) cow kick;
de piston, (mach.) piston stroke;
de piston double, (mach.) complete piston
stroke;
de piston simple, (mach.) single piston
stroke;
de poing, blow with the fist; (expl.) firingkey,
exploder;
qui porte, blow that tells, telling blow;
porter -
-, to hit home;
porter le dernier , to deal, give, the finishing
blow;
sans porter un , without a blow;
prendre , to settle, get out of plumb (of
walls);
de rame, stroke, pull (rowing) ;
de rein, (man.) sort of swing, throw, of the
haunches;
de revers, misfortune;
de roulis, lurch, roll (of a ship);
de soleil, sunstroke;
sous le de, exposed to, threatened by or
with;
de surface, (mm., expl.) surface blast;
- de tangage, pitching (of a ship);
de tonnerre, clap of thunder;
en venir aux s, to come to blows;
de vent, squall, gust of wind.
coupable, a., guilty; m., guilty person, culprit;
se declarer to , plead guilty;
se reconnaitre to , plead guilty;
se rendre de, to be guilty of.
coupant, a., cutting, sharp; m., edge, cutting
edge.
coupe, f., cut, cutting, felling (of trees); chopping;
end grain of wood; cup, basin; (drawing) section
and elevation;
fausse , splice;
horizontal, horizontal section, plan;