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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Coupe-gorge

/(ko͞op`gôrzh")/ · Coupe·-gorge · IPA
01 n. Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
  1. 1.
    Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.(Mil.)