coupl (koup)

[Also written cowp; His squiers habite he had Withoute couped shone [shoon, shoes]. Torrent of Portugal (ed. Hall i well), 1. 1191. As is the kynde of a knyght that cometh to be doubed, To geten hus gilte spores or galoches y- couped . Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 12. 2. To upset; overturn; tilt over; turn upside down; dump: as, to coup the cart. [Scotch.] Stooks are coupet wi' the blast. Burns, 3d Epis. to J. Lapraik. To coup the crans, to be overturned, subverted, overthrown. To coup the creels. (a) To tumble head over heels. (b) To die. II. in trans. 11. To give or exchange blows; fight. He keppit hym kenely, and [thai] coupid to-gedur, That bot he went bakward & on bent lay. IMG:content-1463.png:[blocks in formation] E. Hamilton , 3t. To swoop. Thane wandyrs the worme [dragon] awa ye to hys heghttez, Comes glydande fro the clowddez, and cowpez fulle evene. Morte Arthure (E. E. S. 199.