Coupe-gorge

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coupe-gorge \Coupe`-gorge"\ (k[=oo]p`g[^o]rzh"), n. [F., cut
     throat.] (Mil.)
     Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops
     occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
     --Farrow.
     [1913 Webster]