couperie1 (c.1292)

couperie1 (c.1292)

  FEW:  colaphus *2/ii,869b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  coup (coperie)  DMF:  couperie  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
 

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1cutting (of purses)
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de robberie, ou de larcyn, ou de couperie des bourses  i 60
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