coucher

[ koo-cher, kou- ]

/ ˈku tʃər, ˈkaʊ- /

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the worker who transfers sheets of wet pulp to the couch.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1745–55; couch + -er¹

Upon his retiring, the officers on duty attended the audience du coucher, and received their orders for the morrow.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 358|Various
The coucher takes immediate possession of the felts for his further operations.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Here another workman called the coucher receives it, and places it at rest upon the ass, to drain off some of the water.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Pardon, mon Pre; cet homme qui vient de Minok—faudrait le coucher de suite—mais o, mon Dieu, o?
The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

Je m'en vois coucher et vous donner le bon soir mandes moy demain comme vous seres port a bon heur.
Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587|Various