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accouplement|əˈkʌp(ə)lmənt|
[a. Fr. accouplement (16th c. in Littré), n. of action f. accoupler: see accouple and -ment.]
†1. The action of coupling one thing to another; union, pairing; marriage union. Obs.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 347/4 This excellence that virgynyte had as to the respect of thaccouplement of mariage appiereth by manyfold comparacion. 1576Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 339 The lawe of God maketh the accouplement honorable amongst all men. 1594R. C[arew] Huarte's Exam. Men's Wits (1616) 318 If the father be wise in the works of the imagination, and..take to wife a woman cold and moist in the third degree, the sonne borne of such an accouplement, shalbe most vntoward.
2. (In carpentry.)
1823Nicholson Pract. Builder 579 Accouplement, in carpentry; a tie or brace, or the entire work when framed. |