jan 1, 1459 - couched

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An uncommon word, possibly meaning embroidered. 1430 <i>cum tapeto viridi cowched ... xij quysshyns cowched, </i>York (SS30/8); 1437 <i>uno tapette couchedd cum uno leone et diversis avibus ... sex whysshins viridis coloris couched, </i>York (SS30/62).<i></br></i>coucher (1) A couch-maker or upholsterer. The trade flourished in the first half of the fifteenth century: 1401 <i>Willelmus de Cawode fil. Adæ de Cawode, coucheour</i>, York (SS96/105); 1459 <i>Thomas Sandford, coucher</i>, York (SS96/180).

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