See Also: couple(medicine)
couple(1)(dictionary)
couple(2)(dictionary)
couple(encyclopedia)
Concordant couple(health)
Discordant couple(health)
couple-close(dictionary)
couple 1, noun(dictionary)
couple 2, verb(dictionary)

commot (iou) and couple(1) (iou)


commot (iou)



commot noun. . L15.
[Welsh cymwd, kymwt (now cwmwd) neighbourhood, locality.]
Welsh History. A territorial division subordinate to a cantred.

couple(1) (iou)



couple noun. ME.
[Old French cople, cuple (mod. couple) from Latin COPULA.]
I. A union of two; a pair.
A married or engaged man and woman; a set of two people who are habitual companions, live together, etc.; a set of two people associated as partners in a Dance etc. ME.
happy couple: see HAPPY adjective.
Steele A very loving Couple.
b. (Pl. after numeral often same.) A pair of animals consisting of a male and a female. LME.
Either of a pair of inclined rafters that form the main support of a roof. Usu. in pl. ME.
main couple: see MAIN adjective.
= COUPLET 1. rare. ME-L16.
a. (Pl. after numeral often same.) A brace of hunting dogs; a brace of rabbits. LME.
Malory A noyse as hit hadde ben a thyrtty couple of houndes.
b. A ewe and her lamb. E18.
gen. Two individuals (persons, animals, or things) of the same sort considered together. Also (with following quantifier) passing into adjective. LME.
a couple more (adjective & adverb) (about) two more. a couple of , a coupla [repr. colloq. pronunc.: see A preposition2] (US colloq.) a couple a pair of, (approximately) two.
J. McPhee A couple of tributaries came into the river, the first from the east, the second from the west.
b. ellipt. A couple of alcoholic Drinks. colloq. M20.
R. Keverne Stopped at the 'Swan' for a couple.
Mechanics. A pair of equal but opposite forces acting along parallel lines, tending to cause rotation. M19.
A set of two plates of different conducting materials in electrical contact, between which a voltage arises. M19.
II. That which unites two.
Union in Marriage; the Marriage bond; sexual union. ME-E17.
T. Coryat To be begotten in the honest and chast couple of Marriage.
sing. & (usu.) in pl. A brace, a leash, or joined collars for holding two hunting dogs together. LME.
go in couples, hunt in couples, run in couples.
Grammar. A connecting word or particle, a copula. L16-E18.