coucher

American  

[koo-cher, kau-] / ˈku tʃər, ˈkaʊ- /

noun

Papermaking.

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

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Etymology

Origin of coucher

First recorded in 1745–55; couch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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coucher

Now, mon cher, do you think you can, without inconvenience, engage me for a week an apartment—cheerful, light, and wholesome—containing a comfortable salon et deux chambres à coucher.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth

At length, the secret is out, the doors of my chambre à coucher and dressing-room are opened, and I am delighted with both.

From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington

He gave me some instructions for the officer of the guard, when he was alone last night after the petit coucher.

From The Refugees by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I shall be at his coucher this even.”

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin

Men's resting-days always fall upon women's rasping-days; father and son went composedly to meet the doctor and the coucher.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul