Meanings
nouncouchee (plural couchees)
plural couchees
- obsoleteA reception held at bedtime, such as by a royal.
The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full.
a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC1 more example
None of her sylvan subjects made their court, Levees and couchees passed without resort.
1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
Origin
- Frenchcouché“a sleeping place”
- Englishcouchee
French couché (“a sleeping place”), from coucher. See couch.
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Chicago
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