couple-close — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|klōs noun ( s) Etymology: couple (II) + close 1. heraldry : a cotise paralleling a chevron 2. : a pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet or with a collar beam … Useful english dictionary
couple-close — /kup euhl klohs /, n. 1. Heraldry. a narrow chevron, one quarter the usual breadth. 2. Carpentry. couple (def. 6). [1565 75] * * * … Universalium
couple-close — noun /ˈkʌp.əlˌkləʊs,ˈkʌp.əlˌkloʊs/ A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs. Syn: chevronel … Wiktionary
Couple-closes — Couple close Cou ple close (k[u^]p l*kl[=o]s ), n.; pl. {Couple closes} (k[u^]p l*kl[=o] s[e^]z). 1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Couple — Cou ple (k[u^]p l), n. [F. couple, fr. L. copula a bond, band; co + apere, aptum, to join. See {Art}, a., and cf. {Copula}.] 1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It is in some sort with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
couple — coupleable, adj. /kup euhl/, n., v., coupled, coupling. n. 1. two of the same sort considered together; pair. 2. two persons considered as joined together, as a married or engaged pair, lovers, or dance partners: They make a handsome couple. 3.… … Universalium
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close — [adj1] near, nearby abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little*, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance*, in the ball… … New thesaurus
