coucheen.
/ˈkuːʃeɪ/ 1. An assembly of company in the evening; an evening reception.Cf. French le coucher du roi, or simply le coucher, the reception which preceded the king's going to bed; petit coucher the interval between this reception and the king's actual retirement, during which he saw only his household officers or other privileged persons.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > in evening
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1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 61 I was coming late from White-Hall, After the Kings Coucheé.
1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman ii. 28 Almost at all his Levyes and his Couchees.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 583 The Duke's levees and couchees were so crouded, that the antichambers were full.
1719 Mem. Lewis XIV v. 56 At the Queen's Coucher, where the King was.
1776 Harris Let. in Private Lett. 1st Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 350 I attended the three Couchés last night of the Speaker, Lord Mansfield and the Chancellor.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix. 21/2 Pompous ceremonials,..Royal Drawing-rooms, Levees, Couchees.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey
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1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xxi. 25 Bend with aukward Couchees to the Throne.
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