Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coupee \Cou*pee"\ (k??-p?"; F. k??`p?), n. [F. coup['e], n.,
   properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. {Coup['e]}, {Coopee}.]
   A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and
   raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is
   made. --Chambers.