COUPE, a small closed carriage of the brougham type, with four wheels and seats for two persons; the term is also used of the front compartment on a diligence or mail-coach on the continent of Europe, and of a compartment in a railway carriage with seats on one side only. In the United States the name is used to designate a type of automobile having one fixed cross seat in an enclosed single-compartment body. Two persons can be accom modated if the seat is straight, but three people can be provided for if the driver's portion is thrust a little forward, while a folding seat placed next to the driver will accommodate a fourth person. Two doors, one on each side, with movable glass windows, a permanent roof and a rear-end luggage compartment make up the conventional body of the coupe. Among variations are the coupelet, coupe-landaulet and cabriolet, the chief distinguishing feature of which is a folding roof.