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==English==
{{wikipedia|mul=couching (ophthalmology)}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|couchynge}}; equivalent to {{suffix|en|couch|ing}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|couch|ing}}

===Verb===
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|couch||ing-form}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# The act of one who [[couch#Verb|couches]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Josep Asunción|title=The Complete Book of Papermaking|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Lark Books|year=2003|page=80|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8QItpGN7TUC&lpg=PA80&dq=%22couching%20the%22%20%22paper%22&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q=%22couching%20the%22%20%22paper%22&f=false|isbn=978-1-57990-456-2|passage='''Couching''' involves transferring the sheet of paper from the mould to the felt.}}
## {{lb|en|ophthalmology}} An early, largely [[obsolete]], method of treating a [[cataract]] by using a sharp object to [[displace]] the [[opaque]] [[lens]] in the [[eye]].
##* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Sanduk Ruit; Geoffrey C. Tabin; Charles C. Wykoff|chapter=Cataract Surgery|title=Fighting Global Blindness: Improving World Vision through Cataract Elimination|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=w:American Public Health Association|year=2006|page=21|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-1HGyV7b0wC&lpg=PA21&dq=%22couching%22%20%22airplane%22&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q=%22couching%22%20%22airplane%22&f=false|isbn=978-0-87553-067-3|passage=[C]ataract surgery has been employed for more than 20 centuries. The primary surgical technique for the large majority of this time was a procedure called '''''couching'''''. The first written description of '''couching''' is from an Indian surgeon, [[w:Sushruta|Susruta]], circa 600 BC, involving the insertion of a needle into the eye and displacement of the lens out of the visual axis through either inferior or superior dislocation.}}
## {{lb|en|textiles}} [[embroider|Embroidering]] by laying the materials upon the surface of the [[foundation]], instead of drawing them through.

====Derived terms====
* [[couching stitch]]

{{Webster 1913}}