(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:46:17

Cour"te*py (k??r"t?-p?), n. [D. kort short + pije a coarse cloth.]

A short coat of coarse cloth.

[Obs.]

Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

 

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