A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Coupe], sb. fault, PP; culpe, PP, ND.—OF. coupe, colpe; Lat. culpa.

[ Coupe], sb. cup, S2; cupe, S.—AF. cupe; Lat. cupa. Cf. [Cuppe].

[ Courben], v. to bend, MD; courbed, pt. s., P.—OF. courber; Lat. curuare.

[ Courche], sb. kerchief, S3; see [Couerchief].

[ Cours], sb. running, course, MD, C2, C3; cors, S2.—AF. cours; Lat. cursum (acc.).

[ Courser], sb. a steed, MD, C2; coursour, MD; cowrcer, Prompt.—OF. coursier; Late Lat. cursarium (acc.).

[ Courser], sb. horse-dealer, Palsg.; corser, MD, S3 (s.v. horse); scorser, ND.

[ Court], sb. court, enclosure, yard, PP, MD; curt, S; kurt, S; cort, MD; courte, PP.—AF. curt; Late Lat. cortem; Lat. cohortem, an enclosure.

[ Courteislich], adv. courteously, PP; see [Corteisliche].

[ Courte-py], sb. short coat or cloak, PP, S2, C; cowrteby, Voc.; kourteby, P; courte-pies, pl., PP; court-pies, PP.—Cp. Du. kort, short + pije, rough coat; cp. E. pea in pea-jacket.