accouplingn.

Brit.

/əˈkʌplɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈkəplɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accouple v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < accouple v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier accouplement n.

Now rare.

The act of joining two persons or things into a couple or pair, or together; coupling, mating; esp. union in marriage. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > union in

yokeOE

couplec1320

alliancec1325

unionc1475

accouplement1483

accouplinga1535

conjunction1541

coupling1641

conjuncture1679

conjugationc1783

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 63/2 For lack of which lawfull accoupling, & also of other thinges, which the said worshipful doctor rather signified then fully explaned.

1607 N. Geffe tr. O. de Serres Perfect Vse Silke-wormes 75 An ounce of seede commonly issues from a hundred females, seldome more, by the accoupling of the like number of males.

1651 N. Highmore Hist. Generation xi. 98 I should rather believe the Does, or Hinds in whose wombs the Doctor found no sperm after the accoupling, were barren.

1856 Ladies' Repository Nov. 673/1 Bosom-friendship admits of a confidential accoupling of the same person, with a certain one at one time, and with another at another.

1874 Rep. Cases House of Lords 506 There was no doubt as to the accoupling in loyal matrimony.

1906 F. J. Stimson In Cure of her Soul iv. 606 None of them now availed to make her see such divorcing and remarrying other than as it was—the accoupling of animals or the selling and buying of a better bargain.

1961 N. Barnard Bronze Casting 112 If the accoupling of moulds is somewhat faulty the join appears very obvious indeed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accoupling
释义	accouplingn. Brit. /əˈkʌplɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈkəplɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accouple v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < accouple v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier accouplement n. Now rare. The act of joining two persons or things into a couple or pair, or together; coupling, mating; esp. union in marriage. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > union in yokeOE couplec1320 alliancec1325 unionc1475 accouplement1483 accouplinga1535 conjunction1541 coupling1641 conjuncture1679 conjugationc1783 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 63/2 For lack of which lawfull accoupling, & also of other thinges, which the said worshipful doctor rather signified then fully explaned. 1607 N. Geffe tr. O. de Serres Perfect Vse Silke-wormes 75 An ounce of seede commonly issues from a hundred females, seldome more, by the accoupling of the like number of males. 1651 N. Highmore Hist. Generation xi. 98 I should rather believe the Does, or Hinds in whose wombs the Doctor found no sperm after the accoupling, were barren. 1856 Ladies' Repository Nov. 673/1 Bosom-friendship admits of a confidential accoupling of the same person, with a certain one at one time, and with another at another. 1874 Rep. Cases House of Lords 506 There was no doubt as to the accoupling in loyal matrimony. 1906 F. J. Stimson In Cure of her Soul iv. 606 None of them now availed to make her see such divorcing and remarrying other than as it was—the accoupling of animals or the selling and buying of a better bargain. 1961 N. Barnard Bronze Casting 112 If the accoupling of moulds is somewhat faulty the join appears very obvious indeed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1535
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