couching

[ kou-ching ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that couches.
2. a method of embroidering in which a thread, often heavy, laid upon the surface of the material, is caught down at intervals by stitches taken with another thread through the material.
3. work so made.

couching

/ ˈkaʊtʃɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
   2. a pattern or work done by this method

Word History and Origins

Origin of couching¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; couch, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The Times, carefully couching its words, said it spoke with Lohan about a “potential appearance” in Speed-the-Plow.

From The Daily Beast

Israel must stop couching the nuclear issue in apocalyptic terms and adopt a more pragmatic approach.

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Rabbah of Ammon was to become, "A stable for camels and couching place for flocks" (Ezekiel xxv, 5).

From Project Gutenberg

It has a lion's body, in a couching posture, with the head and face of a Nubian female, and is of most enormous dimensions.

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In his old age he was blinded by cataract, but recovered his eyesight by the operation of couching.

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There we laid the beauty across the feet of the princess, her fore-paws outstretched, and her head couching between them.

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He sat there until the couching sun brought long, thin shadows and a false promise of coolness.

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