Couter

//ˈku.tɚ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of armor which covers the elbow. historical

    "Helmets should be started in 10 or 12 gauge, couters and knees in 14 gauge."

  2. 2
    A sovereign (the coin). obsolete, slang

Example

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"Helmets should be started in 10 or 12 gauge, couters and knees in 14 gauge."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English couter, said to be from an Anglo-French variant couter, cuter of continental French coudière, from coute (“elbow”).

Etymology 2

Perhaps from "Danubian-Gipsy cuta, gold coin", compare Romani kotor (“piece, fragment”), reportedly used for a guinea.

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