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‖ couchette|kuːˈʃɛt|
[F. couchette, lit. ‘little bed’, f. couche couch n.1]
A Continental railway carriage in which the seats are convertible into sleeping-berths; such a berth. Also attrib.
1920Bradshaw's Continental Guide July-Sept. p. iv (Advt.), Paris (Lyon)..Marseilles, 1st class Couchettes. 1928Observer 11 Mar. 10/4 The adaptation of existing third-class corridor coaches so as to provide sleeping accommodation something on the lines of the French ‘couchette’. 1930E. Waugh Labels 29, I booked a couchette, which, I am told, is the way Frenchmen always travel. It is a carriage for four, with two berths which open from the wall above the seats. You can lie full length on these, covered with rugs. 1950T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party iii. 142, I had to travel in a very slow train And in a couchette. 1958Spectator 13 June 772/1 Why on earth, then, has the continental couchette system not been exploited here? By this means, sleepers can be converted into seats in a few seconds. 1969Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 9/8 You can choose..couchettes (six to a compartment). |