couchette


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
couchette /kuːˈʃɛt/
noun a railway carriage with seats that are convertible into sleeping berths.

■ a berth in such a carriage.

– origin Fr., dimin. of couche ‘a couch’.
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