Devices or connections that join two things together, or the act of linking things in pairs.
From 'coupling,' the present participle of 'couple' (from Latin 'copula'), meaning to connect or link together. Originally referred to pairs of things joined together.
Railroad couplings revolutionized trains—the automatic coupler invention reduced deaths by letting workers uncouple cars without getting between them!
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