Couchee

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Couchee \Cou"chee\ (k??"sh?; F. k??"sh?"), n. [F. couch?e a
     sleeping place from coucher. See {Couch}, v. t. ]
     A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a
     sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
           The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the


           antechambers were full.                  --Bp. Burnet.
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