[MR] Heraldic Term of the Day - Couped

[Beverly Robinson-Curry]

And since my previous post opened the door


 

>From _A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry_ by James Parker:

 

“Couped, or Coupy, (fr. alaisé), cut off in a straight line, as in often the
case with the heads
<http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/Jpglossh.htm#Head>  and limbs of
animals, and so distinguished form erased
 It is important to say where a
head or limbs is couped; for instance, if couped close it would signify cut
off close to the head. A hand
<http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/Jpglossh.htm#Hand>  is often said
to be couped at the wrist.”

 

Example:  http://rolls.westkingdom.org/  (see Adrian Freyser)

 

Ordinaries can also be “couped”, whereby they are “cut off” before the edge
of the field.

 

Example: http://op.atlantia.sca.org/awards.php (see Academie d’Espee)

 

 

 

Rhiannon

 

Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill

Triton Principal Herald

House Corvus, Atlantia