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Couching

//ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who couches.

    "Couching involves transferring the sheet of paper from the mould to the felt."

  2. 2
    The act of one who couches.; An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.

    "[C]ataract surgery has been employed for more than 20 centuries. The primary surgical technique for the large majority of this time was a procedure called couching. The first written description of couching is from an Indian surgeon, Susruta, circa 600 BC, involving the insertion of a needle into the eye and displacement of the lens out of the visual axis through either inferior or superior dislocation."

  3. 3
    The act of one who couches.; Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of couch. form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English couchynge; equivalent to couch + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English couchynge; equivalent to couch + -ing.

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