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noun

Coupling n.

1.

The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.

2.

(Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.

Box coupling, Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain.

Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together.

Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.

verb

Couple v. t. (past & past part. coupled; pres. part. coupling)

1.

To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. "Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds,... And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach."

2.

To join in wedlock; to marry. (Colloq.) "A parson who couples all our beggars."

Couple v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Coupling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coupling" Quotes from Famous Books

... wants coupling up," Gastrell exclaimed suddenly. "At our next stopping place I'll complain, ...

— The Four Faces - A Mystery • William le Queux

... evidence," he remarked, and then more seriously he went on: "My son, I am happy in your joy. I may have been a little slow. There was much harmless coupling of her name with young Tillhurst's while you were away. I did not give it much thought. Letters from Rockport were also giving you and Rachel Melrose some consideration. Rachel is an only child and pretty ...

— The Price of the Prairie - A Story of Kansas • Margaret Hill McCarter

... at Chris. How dared he—how dared he insult her by coupling her name with that of Roy Gillespie, to quiet Annie and to protect himself! She was a married woman; she had never given him any reason to take such liberties with her dignity! Roy Gillespie, indeed! Annie was to amuse ...

— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris

... their movements to a track where a plug engine had just backed in with a light caboose car. There was no air brake attachment and the coupling ...

— Ralph on the Overland Express - The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer • Allen Chapman

... newcomers all looked at Lucien while the Marquise was speaking. De Marsay, only a couple of paces away, put up an eyeglass and looked from Lucien to Mme. de Bargeton, and then again at Lucien, coupling them with some mocking thought, cruelly mortifying to both. He scrutinized them as if they had been a pair of strange animals, and then he smiled. The smile was like a stab to the distinguished provincial. Felix de Vandenesse assumed a charitable air. Montriveau looked Lucien ...

— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac

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