coucher

American  

[koo-cher, kou-] / ˈku tʃər, ˈkaʊ- /

noun

Papermaking.

1. the worker who transfers sheets of wet pulp to the couch.

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Etymology

Origin of coucher

First recorded in 1745–55; couch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Elle se retira dans sa chambre, et fit ses préparatifs pour se coucher.

From John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced by O'Rell, Max

“He is on duty but three days of every week, save at the lever and coucher, and may go whither he list on the other four.”

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

In that day, when people dined at eleven and supped at six, it was customary to take les �pices et le vin du coucher before retiring at nine.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John

"Le 5 Avril, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte signa son abdication sur cette table dans le cabinet de travail du Roi, le deuxieme après la chambre à coucher à Fontainebleau."

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

"Cependant, coucher dehors!" he repeated, and his voice was eloquent of terror.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew