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COUPE (French for " cut off ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 318 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COUPE (French for " cut off ")

COUPE (See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French for " cut off ") , a small closed See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage of the See also:

brougham type, with four wheels and seats for two persons; the See also:

TERM

term is also used of the front compartment on a See also:

DILIGENCE

diligence or See also:

MAIL

mail-See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

EUROPE

Europe, and of a compartment in a railway carriage with seats on one See also:

side only .

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