| A term used to denote an ordinary, parts of which are couped or cut off, so that it does not touch the edges of the shield. |
| As usually borne by the Cunninghame family the ends are couped and pointed, but in some cases it is borne throughout. |
| Rather than spending a wet day couped up in the house, gather the swimwear and head for AquaZone in Blanchardstown. |
| Another illumination also illustrating Combat des Trentes shows the Breton-French knights with a narrow, forked white oriflam, charged with a cross couped. |
| With a carelessness wakened life would've censured them for they couped me onto a table and left me there to my own goyishe devices. |
| If only the credit crunch had hit earlier, we'd still be couped up in our gardenless flat without a care in the world. |
