Couchette Definition

ko͝o-shĕt
noun
An inexpensive berth on a European train, consisting of a shelflike bed that folds down to allow passengers to sleep in their clothes: there are usually four couchettes in a first-class compartment and six in a second-class compartment.
Webster's New World
A sleeping berth in one of these compartments.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Couchette

Noun

Singular:
couchette
Plural:
couchettes

Origin of Couchette

  • French diminutive of couche bed from Old French couch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French couchette.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

CCOCOU

Words Ending With

ETETTE

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