† couplementn.

/ˈkʌp(ə)lmənt/

Forms: Also 1600s coopel-, coople-, cupple-.

Etymology: < Old French couplement: see couple v. and -ment suffix; compare accouplement.

Obsolete.

1. The act of coupling or fact of being coupled together; union of pairs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together

couplingc1340

copulationc1400

yoking?a1425

couplement1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lij^v By this coniunccion & couplement of matrimony.

1596 E. Spenser Prothalamion vi Ioy may you haue and gentle hearts content Of your loues couplement.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxi. sig. C Making a coopelment of proud compare With Sunne and Moone, with earth and seas rich gems.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 140 He met with all sort of brain-sick factions combined in one couplement.

2. The result of coupling.

a. A couple, pair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [noun]

pairc1300

couple1365

paira1382

gemels1382

pair1391

yokea1425

brace1430

binarya1464

match1542

twin1569

binity?1578

twoa1585

couplement1596

Gemini1602

couplet1604

twain1607

duad1660

dyad1675

duet1749

tway?a1800

doublet1816

two-group1901

two-grouping1901

coupling1961

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd2^v And forth together rode a comely couplement .

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 528 I wish you the peace of mind most royall cupplement .

1816 R. Southey Dream in Lay of Laureate 70 Anon two female forms..Came side by side, a beauteous couplement.

b. Of verses: A couplet or stanza.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza

versec1308

baston?c1335

staff1533

stanza1589

couplement1594

stance1596

stave1659

strophe1895

st.-

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > couplet

couplec1330

distichc1560

coupleta1586

couplement1594

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iv. 42 He made couplements of verses very well composed.

3. Anything that couples together; a coupling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together > that which

coupling1549

couplet1601

couplement1622

coupler1668

1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. x. §5 Ordnance ready mounted with all their Cooplements, Ornaments, Tires.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	couplement
释义	† couplementn. /ˈkʌp(ə)lmənt/ Forms: Also 1600s coopel-, coople-, cupple-. Etymology: < Old French couplement: see couple v. and -ment suffix; compare accouplement. Obsolete. 1. The act of coupling or fact of being coupled together; union of pairs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together couplingc1340 copulationc1400 yoking?a1425 couplement1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lij^v By this coniunccion & couplement of matrimony. 1596 E. Spenser Prothalamion vi Ioy may you haue and gentle hearts content Of your loues couplement. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxi. sig. C Making a coopelment of proud compare With Sunne and Moone, with earth and seas rich gems. View more context for this quotation a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 140 He met with all sort of brain-sick factions combined in one couplement. 2. The result of coupling. a. A couple, pair. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [noun] pairc1300 couple1365 paira1382 gemels1382 pair1391 yokea1425 brace1430 binarya1464 match1542 twin1569 binity?1578 twoa1585 couplement1596 Gemini1602 couplet1604 twain1607 duad1660 dyad1675 duet1749 tway?a1800 doublet1816 two-group1901 two-grouping1901 coupling1961 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd2^v And forth together rode a comely couplement . View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 528 I wish you the peace of mind most royall cupplement . View more context for this quotation 1816 R. Southey Dream in Lay of Laureate 70 Anon two female forms..Came side by side, a beauteous couplement. b. Of verses: A couplet or stanza. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza versec1308 baston?c1335 staff1533 stanza1589 couplement1594 stance1596 stave1659 strophe1895 st.- society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > couplet couplec1330 distichc1560 coupleta1586 couplement1594 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iv. 42 He made couplements of verses very well composed. 3. Anything that couples together; a coupling. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together > that which coupling1549 couplet1601 couplement1622 coupler1668 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. x. §5 Ordnance ready mounted with all their Cooplements, Ornaments, Tires. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1548
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