coudé

adjective

cou·​dé kü-ˈdā 

: of, relating to, or being a telescope constructed so that the light is reflected along the polar axis to come to a focus at a point where the holder for a photographic plate or a spectrograph may be mounted

Word History

Etymology

French coudé bent like an elbow, from coude elbow, from Latin cubitum

First Known Use

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above