coupé, noun

/kuˈpeɪ/
Origin:
British EnglishShow more British English (1850s; now obsolete?).
An end compartment in a railway carriage, with seats (or beds) on one side only.
1920 R.H. Lindsey-Renton Diary (1979) 73Caught the 8.45 a.m. train to Johannesburg in a reserved coupé to myself.
1931 K. Lindsay ’Neath Sn Cross 24The train was by no means full and he was lucky enough to secure a first-class coupé to himself, and so passed a very comfortable night.
1990 Style May 80Back to cognac at the piano-shaped mahogany bar tucked at one end of the observation car before tottering off to my coupé and bed.
1992 J. Roper in E. Prov. Herald 18 May 4 (letter)We had a coupé (first class) which cost us R350 each.
1994 A. Greaves on Radio South Africa 18 Sept. (Sunday at Home)We had a coupé as we call it in this country — one upstairs bunk, one downstairs bunk.
An end compartment in a railway carriage, with seats (or beds) on one side only.
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