D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Coupure

/(k??-p?r")/ · Cou·pure · IPA /kuːˈpjʊɚ/
01 n. A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
  1. 1.
    A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.(Fort.)