couchette compartment

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• Couchette car — The couchette car is a railroad car conveying basic non private sleeping accommodation. The interior of typical European couchette compartment, with the beds folded down to the night time configuration. The car is divided into a number of… …   Wikipedia

• couchette — [ko͞o shet′] n. an inexpensive berth on a European train, consisting of a shelflike bed that folds down to allow passengers to sleep in their clothes: there are usually four couchettes in a first class compartment and six in a second class… …   English World dictionary

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• couchette — /kooh shet /, n. Railroads. 1. a sleeping berth in a passenger compartment that can be collapsed to form a benchlike seat for daytime use. 2. a compartment containing such berths. [ < F; see COUCH, ETTE] * * * …   Universalium

• couchette — noun a) A compartment on a passenger train having berths for sleeping. b) A berth in such a compartment …   Wiktionary

• couchette — cou·chette || kuː ʃet n. seat changeable to bed; sleeping berth in a train passenger compartment; compartment containing sleeping berths …   English contemporary dictionary

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• berth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bunk, compartment; couchette; dock, slip; position, office; lodging. See business, support, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A bed, especially in a conveyance] Syn. bunk, deck, hammock, upper berth,… …   English dictionary for students

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