Coupure
Coupure
- For the prehistoric biological event, see Grande Coupure
A
coupure is a means of closing an opening in a wall,
floodwall or
levee (dike). The word comes from the
french verb couper which means to cut. In historic times a coupure was a location where a breach in the city walls or the walls of a fortress was closed. In more modern times a coupure is a way of allowing traffic to pass a
flood protection structure.
Coupure
Coupure
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Le mot
coupure peut être synonyme de :
coupure
coupure
\cou*pure"\ (k??-p?r"), n. [f., fr. couper to cut.] (fort.) a passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Coupure
(n.)
A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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