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noun

coupler

a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

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Three example sentences with coupler, each labelled with its topic.

  • A worn coupler let the trailer swing loose on the motorway, and inspectors grounded the whole fleet that afternoon.

    Technology

  • The organ's coupler lets one keyboard sound the pipes of another, so a single player fills the whole nave.

    Music

  • The automatic coupler ended the practice of joining wagons by hand, and railway injury rates fell sharply.

    History

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