Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
COUPURE
Etymology
Noun
coupure (plural coupures)
(fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Source: Wiktionary
Cou*pure" (k-pr"), n. Etym: [F., fr. couper to cut.] (Fort.)
Definition: A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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