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coupled, ppl. a.|ˈkʌp(ə)ld|
[f. couple + -ed.]
1. Tied, joined, linked, or associated together in pairs. In Her. = conjoined c.
c1440Promp. Parv. 99 Cowplyd, copulatus. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. 614 Thou..that things to come dost know Not by..coupled points, nor flight of fatall Birds. 1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 361 The rest..came coupled, Polarchos and his soone wonne Lady, etc. 1709Watts Lyric Poems, Adventurous Muse v, His verse sublime A monument too high for coupled sounds to climb. 1869Eng. Mech. 19 Mar. 579/2 The coupled wheels [of a locomotive] were..equally loaded. Six-wheeled coupled engines had from 5 tons to 6 tons on a wheel.
b. Arch. coupled columns: columns disposed in pairs close together, with wider intervals between the pairs. coupled windows: windows placed side by side, forming a pair: cf. couplet 3.
1731Bailey (vol. II) s.v. Column, Coupled Columns, are such as are disposed by two and two, so as almost to touch each other at their bases and capitals. 1842–76Gwilt Archit. §267 The use of coupled columns and niches exhibits other varieties in which the Romans delighted. 1879Sir G. G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 95 Coupled columns of nearly three feet diameter each. 1881Freeman Subj. Venice 108 A grand range of Romanesque coupled windows, bearing date 1250.
c. Joined in marriage.
1672Essex Papers (Camden) I. 38 After they have marryed persons, the coupled, on discontents, part, and pretend they were not legally marryed.
d. See couple v. 8
†2. Built with couples or rafters, roofed. Obs. (See couple n. 8.)
1382Wyclif Haggai i. 4 That ȝe dwelle in housis couplid with tymbre [Vulg. in domibus laqueatis].
3. In combination, as well-coupled, short-coupled: said of the joining of the back to the hind-quarters in horses, etc. Also in reference to roof-couples.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 100 Horses that are short coupled and well-backed. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch. Hen. V, cclxxxv, The well-rais'd Arch of Honour! where noe Act of Fame misplac't, Firms him, well-coupled, from the sure-lay'd Base. 1720W. Gibson Diet Horses viii. (ed. 3) 120 Many of our best ambling nags are well coupled, and for the most part durable on a journey. 1828Scott F.M. Perth viii, A strong black horse..high-shouldered, strong-limbed, well-coupled, and round-barrelled.
¶ Erroneously for cupolaed, having a cupola.
1615G. Sandys Trav. 33 The Ottaman Mausoleas..built all of white marble, round in forme, coupled on the top. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 120 'Tis covered at top, arched and coupled after the mode of those oriental Countreys. |