coup de poing

[Fr. kood^uh pwan]

noun, plural coups de poing

[Fr. kood^uh pwan] . Archaeology.

(no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.

Origin:
1910–15; < French: literally, blow of the fist

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