An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

COUPER la lame, to cut the sea, to divide the waves.

Couper le cable, ou le mâts, to cut the cable, or cut away the masts.

Couper, l’ennemi, to thwart or cross the enemy’s course, in giving chase to him.

COUPLE de haubans, a pair of shrouds.

Couple du lof, or du balancement, the loof-frame or loof-timbers.

COUPLES, the timbers of a ship, or the frames. See Gabari.

COURADOUX, between decks, the space between any two decks of a ship; also the place where the soldiers sleep in a galley. See Entre-pont.

COURANT, a current or stream at sea.

COURBATONS, small knees used, in the upper part of a ship, for the same purposes as the courbes are, in the lower parts.

Couratons de l’éperon. See Herpes de poulains and Montans.