Variant or related term, possibly referring to a cut or stroke; an obsolete or dialectal form.
Possibly from French couper (to cut) or a variant of coup/coupe. Obscure term with limited documentation in historical texts.
This word appears so rarely in historical texts that its exact meaning is somewhat mysterious—it's one of those English words that seemed important enough to record once but then disappeared from actual use.
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