coupé

plural coupés · alternative coupe

1. countableuncountableA two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
2. UKcountableuncountableA car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model.
3. countablehistoricaluncountableThe front part of a French stagecoach.
4. countablehistoricaluncountableA four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver.
5. countablehistoricaluncountableThe front compartment of a railway carriage.
6. uncountableThe strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol.

alternative coupe

1. not comparableobsoletegovernmentCouped.

   Fig. 34, Argent, a baton sinister, coupé, gules (the mark of illegitimate descent).

   1898, Edward Singleton Holden, A Primer of Heraldry for Americans, page 117

   2 more examples

   [...] who was knighted : His Arms were Or, three Barrs Azure on a Canton Argent, a Lyon's Head coupé Gules;

   1826, Sir Henry Chauncy, The Historical Antiquities of Hertforshire, page 314

   Grant of Arms and Crest from Hervy Clarenceux : Sablés, a chevron engrayled betwene three bezants, on a chief gold a rose gules between two flower de luces azure. Crest, a horsse head coupé golde pelletey betwene two winges barrey[…]

   1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 82