Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. · A bed, a resting-place. · The den of an otter. · A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.
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