A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1641-1657
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Coup, v. [Cowp v.1] tr. To ‘set’ (a church-bell) . —1641 Dunferm. Kirk S. 9.
How the kirk bell may be orderit and rung without couping 1657 Ib. 48.
To provide timber for hinging and couping of the bells 1657 Ib. 49.
This day the kirk bells being new stocked and hung were begun to be couped
