Coupe-gorge

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.

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""A castle indeed!" he continued, looking around him; "why, this is worse than a coupe-gorge house, where they receive travellers to plunder them of their property.""

Etymology

Borrowed from French coupe-gorge (literally “cut-throat”).

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