a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

[ Syn: yoke ]

a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

[ Syn: coupler ]

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; the casual couplings of adolescents; the mating of some species occurs only in the spring

[ Syn: mating , pairing , conjugation , union , sexual union ]