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couche (s.xii2)
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The form culche is a cross reference to the following entry:

couche (s.xii2)

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couch;  cuche,  culche;  kuche  (couse,  touche (l. couche))  
  FEW:  collocare 2/ii,905b Gdf:  couche 2 2,330a GdfC:  colche 9,122a TL: couche 2,953 DEAF:  couchier (couche)  DMF:  couche  TLF:  couche  OED:  couch n.1  MED:  couche n.  DMLBS:  couchia 

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1domesticbed, couch: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  de terre levad e sur une culche s’asist  Liv Reis1 56
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  ens el lit les pez i met […] Cum cele ke mult entent De sun kuche apariller  Mir N-D 192.113
( MS: s.xiii2 )  stratis: cuches  TLL ii 5
( 1306 )  .j. cathedram et .j. couse pro iiij.d. ob.  Leicester i 370
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  il getterent hors es rues les malades et les mistrent en litz et en couches  Actes (A) 363d
2layer: 
( s.xiv1/3 )  […] sucre desus, puis une couche de fars festicade  Culinary Colls 868.27
3merch.textilebale (of cloth or wool): 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiiiex )  si il le vende par saks chescun saac peisera .xxx. peres de leyne en touche (l. couche) ou .xxviij. peres par pere e par balance bin peisé par dreit e perre de .xij. libre  HENLEY1 94
( s.xivm )  ke nul de la cyté tel layne oveock' layne cullie de la seint Michel en avaunt ne face mettre ne medler en tuyson, en cuche ne en sacke  Lincoln Charter 36
4store-room: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  abditorio: couche  TLL ii 99
5 name (used as a surname): 
( 1279 )  Simon Couch  Family Names Couch
( 1305 )  Thomas Cuche  Family Names Couch

See also:

couchement  coucher  couchetref  couchour  couchure 
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