couching
the act of a person or thing that couches.
a method of embroidering in which a thread, often heavy, laid upon the surface of the material, is caught down at intervals by stitches taken with another thread through the material.
work so made.
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How to use couching in a sentence
The Times, carefully couching its words, said it spoke with Lohan about a “potential appearance” in Speed-the-Plow.
Lindsay Lohan May Star in a West End Play. Is She Crazy? | Kevin Fallon | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIsrael must stop couching the nuclear issue in apocalyptic terms and adopt a more pragmatic approach.
Israel Must Take a More Diplomatic Approach Toward Iran | David Patrikarakos | December 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRabbah of Ammon was to become, "A stable for camels and couching place for flocks" (Ezekiel xxv, 5).
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardIt has a lion's body, in a couching posture, with the head and face of a Nubian female, and is of most enormous dimensions.
Letters from Palestine | J. D. PaxtonIn his old age he was blinded by cataract, but recovered his eyesight by the operation of couching.
British Dictionary definitions for couching
/ (ˈkaʊtʃɪŋ) /
a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
a pattern or work done by this method
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