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

In that day, when people dined at eleven and supped at six, it was customary to take les �pices et le vin du coucher before retiring at nine.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John

And as I wait at his coucher, betimes I can drop a word in his ear that may, an’ it please God, be to his profit.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

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

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 Hogarth, Georgina

Nous disons même un chemin pénible, un ciel triste, un coucher de soleil superbe.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William