couple

v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [ Obs. ] Milton. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coupled p. pr. & vb. n. Coupling ] [ F. coupler, fr. L. copulare. See Couple, n., and cf. Copulate, Cobble, v. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. [ 1913 Webster ]

Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . .
And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A parson who couples all our beggars. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Couple-closes (kŭp"'l*klō"s&ebreve_;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 blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [ Engl. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
Syn. -- conjugate, conjugated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. connected by a physical link, as railway cars or trailer trucks. Opposite of unconnected or unlinked
Syn. -- joined, linked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. couplement. ] Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played. [ 1913 Webster ]