Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a blow, a buffet.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Culp a kick, or blow, culp of the gutts (Suffolk) a hearty kick at the Belly.
1725		New Canting Dict. n.p.: culp a Kick, or Blow.
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1725].
c.1750–1882		B.M. Carew Life and Adventures.
1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn) n.p.: Culp. A kick or blow: from the words mea culpa, being that part of the popish liturgy at which the people beat their breasts; or, as the vulgar term is, thump their craws.
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1788].
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 11: Culp, a kick.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.