coucal, n.m., pheasant-cuckoo.
couchage, n.m., bedding (for the army); act of lying in bed; price of a bed, night’s lodging.
couchant, adj., lying; setting. Un chien —; a setter. Faire le chien —; to crawl and cringe. Soleil —; setting sun.
couchant, n.m., west; wane, decline.
couche, n.f., bed; bedstead; confinement, childbed, lying-in; delivery, birth; swaddling-clothes, diaper; layer, stratum, row; (gard.) hot-bed, bed; (mining) seam; layer, stratum, coat (of varnish, colour); stake (at play). La — nuptiale; the nuptial bed. Pendant ses —s; during her confinement. Elle est morte en —s; she died in childbed. Être en, faire ses, —s; to be confined, to lie-in. Heureuse —; good delivery. Fausse —; miscarriage. Partager la — de quel-qu’un; to share any one’s bed.
couché, -e, part., put to bed, in bed, gone to bed, lying down, flat down, recumbent, jacent; (her.) couchant.
couchée, n.f., resting-place; sleeping place; bed; night’s lodging.
coucher, v.a., to put to bed; to lay down; to lay low; to lodge; to knock down; to incline; to lay on ☉to stake. — quelqu’un en joue; to take aim at anyone, to cover anyone. — en joue; to aim at, to cover. ☉— gros; to play deep. — par écrit; to write down, take down, enter.
se coucher, v.r., to go to bed; to lay one’s self down, to lie down, to lie flat; to set; to go down. Allez vous —; go to bed. Il n’est pas encore temps d’aller se —; it is not bed-time yet. Se — comme les poules; to go to bed with the sun (i.e., very early). Comme on fait son lit, on se couche; as you make your bed, so you must lie. Allez vous —; (fam.) get along with you; stuff and nonsense. Le soleil se couche; the sun is setting.
coucher, v.n., to lie, to sleep, to pass the night; to lie down, to rest. — au cabaret; to sleep at a public-house. — à la belle étoile; to sleep in the open air. — sur la dure; to sleep upon bare boards or on the ground. — tout habillé; to sleep with one’s clothes on.