a couple of bottles
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Couple or a payr of botellis”.
- Subject
- bottle (bottles)
- Category
- Things → Objects
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Cowple (1486)
Collective noun
couple
Also spelled Cowple (1486)
What do you call a group of bottles, hounds or spaniels?
a couple of bottles · a couple of hounds · a couple of spaniels
- Used for
- 3 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, Things
- Subcategories
- Mammals, Objects
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Couple or a payr of botellis”.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Couple of rennynge houndꝭ”.
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Cowple of spanellys”.
Other senses of the word: couple on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a couple of hounds
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Couple of rennynge houndꝭ”.
- Subject
- hound (hounds)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Cowple (1486)
a couple of spaniels
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Cowple of spanellys”.
- Subject
- spaniel (spaniels)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Cowple (1486)