coupletn.

/ˈkʌplɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s cop-, cup-, (? caplet).

Etymology: < French couplet (1364 in Godefroy) two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together, succession of verses rhyming together, stanza, etc., diminutive of couple.

1. A pair of successive lines of verse, esp. when rhyming together and of the same length.

ΘΚΠ

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

couplec1330

distichc1560

coupleta1586

couplement1594

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. M6 In singing some short coplets, whereto the one halfe beginning, the other halfe should answere.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 225 It is all in Couplets, for he detested all other Rhimes.

1781 S. Johnson Congreve in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 37 Except what relates to the stage, I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung, or a couplet that is quoted.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxiv. 615 A popular notion, embodied in a rhyming couplet.

1889 W. W. Skeat Chaucer's Legend Good Women Introd. 33 He introduces a new metre..now famous as ‘the heroic couplet’.

2. gen. A pair or couple; in plural = twins (quot. 1824, nonce-use: cf. triplets).

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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

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 284 As patient as the female Doue When that her golden cuplets are disclosed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 370 Weel whisper ore a couplet or two of most sage sawes.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 116 Their very nurse, as she used to boast, could hardly tell her pretty ‘couplets’ apart.

3. Architecture. A window of two lights.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window

loop1393

shot-windowc1405

gable window1428

batement light1445

church window1458

shot1513

casement1538

dream-hole1559

luket1564

draw window1567

loop-window1574

loophole1591

tower-windowc1593

thorough lights1600

squinch1602

turret window1603

slit1607

close-shuts1615

gutter window1620

street lighta1625

balcony-window1635

clere-story window1679

slip1730

air-loop1758

Venetian1766

Venetian window1775

sidelight1779

lancet window1781

French casement1804

double window1819

couplet1844

spire-light1846

lancet1848

tower-light1848

triplet1849

bar-window1857

pair-light1868

nook window1878

coupled windows1881

three-light1908–9

north-light1919

storm window1933

borrowed light1934

Thermopane1941

storms1952

1844 Ecclesiologist 3 149 The church is lighted with four couplets and a half on each side.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 251 The couplets, triplets, and more numerous groups of the Early English windows.

4. Music. Two equal notes inserted in a passage of triple rhythm and made to occupy the time of three.

ΚΠ

1876 in J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms

†5. A coupling, link, or chain. Obsolete. rare.

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

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E2^v Being chainde by the mightie coplet of ineuitable destinie.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as couplet-chiming, couplet-grinder, couplet verse (sense 1).

ΚΠ

1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. In this necessity of our Rhymes, I have always found the couplet Verse most easie.

1816 G. Colman Eccentricities Edinb. 4 'Twere strange if they [dead poets] should rise, and go, Afresh to couplet-chiming!

1896 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 3/2 The most formal allegorical couplet-grinders of the eighteenth century.

1941 Ess. & Stud. XXVI. 78 He [sc. William Collins] sank to the level of the poorest couplet-grinder among them.

C2.

† couplet-harness n. Obsolete mail.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] > mail-armour

mailc1330

mailurec1450

couplet-harness1609

chain-armoura1797

ring armoura1797

ring-mail1804

chain-mail1822

iron cloth1840

mail armour1845

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. iii. 264 A couple of Parthyans in couplet-harneis [L. cataphractorum].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	couplet
释义	coupletn. /ˈkʌplɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s cop-, cup-, (? caplet). Etymology: < French couplet (1364 in Godefroy) two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together, succession of verses rhyming together, stanza, etc., diminutive of couple. 1. A pair of successive lines of verse, esp. when rhyming together and of the same length. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > couplet couplec1330 distichc1560 coupleta1586 couplement1594 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. M6 In singing some short coplets, whereto the one halfe beginning, the other halfe should answere. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 225 It is all in Couplets, for he detested all other Rhimes. 1781 S. Johnson Congreve in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 37 Except what relates to the stage, I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung, or a couplet that is quoted. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxiv. 615 A popular notion, embodied in a rhyming couplet. 1889 W. W. Skeat Chaucer's Legend Good Women Introd. 33 He introduces a new metre..now famous as ‘the heroic couplet’. 2. gen. A pair or couple; in plural = twins (quot. 1824, nonce-use: cf. triplets). 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 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 284 As patient as the female Doue When that her golden cuplets are disclosed. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 370 Weel whisper ore a couplet or two of most sage sawes. View more context for this quotation 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 116 Their very nurse, as she used to boast, could hardly tell her pretty ‘couplets’ apart. 3. Architecture. A window of two lights. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window loop1393 shot-windowc1405 gable window1428 batement light1445 church window1458 shot1513 casement1538 dream-hole1559 luket1564 draw window1567 loop-window1574 loophole1591 tower-windowc1593 thorough lights1600 squinch1602 turret window1603 slit1607 close-shuts1615 gutter window1620 street lighta1625 balcony-window1635 clere-story window1679 slip1730 air-loop1758 Venetian1766 Venetian window1775 sidelight1779 lancet window1781 French casement1804 double window1819 couplet1844 spire-light1846 lancet1848 tower-light1848 triplet1849 bar-window1857 pair-light1868 nook window1878 coupled windows1881 three-light1908–9 north-light1919 storm window1933 borrowed light1934 Thermopane1941 storms1952 1844 Ecclesiologist 3 149 The church is lighted with four couplets and a half on each side. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 251 The couplets, triplets, and more numerous groups of the Early English windows. 4. Music. Two equal notes inserted in a passage of triple rhythm and made to occupy the time of three. ΚΠ 1876 in J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms †5. A coupling, link, or chain. Obsolete. rare. 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 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E2^v Being chainde by the mightie coplet of ineuitable destinie. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as couplet-chiming, couplet-grinder, couplet verse (sense 1). ΚΠ 1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. In this necessity of our Rhymes, I have always found the couplet Verse most easie. 1816 G. Colman Eccentricities Edinb. 4 'Twere strange if they [dead poets] should rise, and go, Afresh to couplet-chiming! 1896 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 3/2 The most formal allegorical couplet-grinders of the eighteenth century. 1941 Ess. & Stud. XXVI. 78 He [sc. William Collins] sank to the level of the poorest couplet-grinder among them. C2. † couplet-harness n. Obsolete mail. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] > mail-armour mailc1330 mailurec1450 couplet-harness1609 chain-armoura1797 ring armoura1797 ring-mail1804 chain-mail1822 iron cloth1840 mail armour1845 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. iii. 264 A couple of Parthyans in couplet-harneis [L. cataphractorum]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). coupletv. Etymology: < couplet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcouplet. to couplet it: to compose couplets.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iv. xvi. 360 Methinks, quoth Sancho, the thoughts, which give way to the making of couplets, can not be many. Couplet it as much as your worship pleases, and I will sleep as much as I can. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1586v.a1739
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coupletn.

Compounds

coupletv.