coupe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment

WordNet

Cou`pé" noun (Also<
  • Coupe
  • Coupé
)
Etymology
F., fr. coupé, p. p. of couper to cut. See Coppice.
Definitions
  1. The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
  2. A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

Webster 1913