A stick for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.

simple past tense and past participle of count coup

(intransitive, US, historical) To win prestige in battle by performing an act of bravery in the face of the enemy (such as touching him and escaping unharmed), a ritual of the Plains Indians of North America.

(nonstandard) plural of coup d’état

(bridge) A coup where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit, ducks the left-hand opponent's lead of a king or queen.

The legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.

(military) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.

plural of coupe-gorge

The 1932 Ford Model B coupe

A coup d'état in which a lawfully-elected head of state seizes power from the other branches of government.