Vocabulary : Coupe-gorge to Coupling
Coupe-gorge : Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.Couple : That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. ;; Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. ;; A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. ;; See Couple-close. ;; One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple. ;; Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes. ;; To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. ;; To join in wedlock; to marry. ;; To come together as male and female; to copulate.
Couple-beggar : One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Couple-close : A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. ;; A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.
Couple-closes : of Couple-close
