coucher

American  

[koo-cher, kou-] / 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

I was told by the upholsterer, that he had pledged himself to milord that miladi was not to see her chambre à coucher, or dressing-room, until they were furnished.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

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 Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

Il y disna le 20. alla encore voir le roy d'Angleterre au mesme camp, et alla coucher � Cambray.

From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown

“He is on duty but three days of every week, save at the lever and coucher, and may go whither he list on the other four.”

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

Lever � cinq, d�ner � neuf, Souper � cinq, coucher � neuf.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William