Etymology

en coup de sabre

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French en coup de sabre
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  1. French · borrowed fromen coup de sabre
  2. English todayen coup de sabre

From French en coup de sabre (literally “by/in a strike of the sword”), so-called because of its resemblance to the scar of a sabre wound.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.