noun
coupler
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
In a sentence
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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