Couchette
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A couch. rare
"The doctor […] desired they would have the goodness to repose themselves without ceremony, each in his respective couchette, while he and his friend Mr. Pallet would place themselves upright at the ends, that they might have the pleasure of serving those that lay along."
- 2 a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping wordnet
- 3 A compartment on a passenger train having berths for sleeping.
"But I was disturbed to find a blot on my conception of the ultra-modern S.N.C.F.—the couchette car offered neither hot water nor, unless I looked in the wrong places, an electric razor point."
- 4 a sleeping berth in a couchette compartment. wordnet
- 5 A berth in such a compartment.
Example
More examples"The doctor […] desired they would have the goodness to repose themselves without ceremony, each in his respective couchette, while he and his friend Mr. Pallet would place themselves upright at the ends, that they might have the pleasure of serving those that lay along."
Etymology
Borrowed from French couchette.
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