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couchant

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couch·ant  (kouchnt)
adj. Heraldry
Lying down with the head raised.
[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of couchier, to lie down; see couch.]
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couchant
couchant [ˈkaʊtʃənt]
adj
(History / Heraldry) (usually postpositive) Heraldry in a lying position a lion couchant
[from French: lying, from Old French coucher to lay down; see couch]
couchant - Describing a cat sitting with its body resting on its legs and its head raised.
See also related terms for resting.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.couchant - lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
unerect - not upright in position or posture
Translations
couchant
adj (Her) → liegend
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The horse rises first upon his fore legs; and the domestic cow, upon her hinder limbs; but the buffalo bounds at once from a couchant to an erect position, with a celerity that baffles the eye.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
This caused the young women likewise to gaze in the direction towards which their father's gloomy eyes pointed: and they saw an elaborate monument upon the wall, where Britannia was represented weeping over an urn, and a broken sword and a couchant lion indicated that the piece of sculpture had been erected in honour of a deceased warrior.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
She began to picture herself traveling with Ralph in a land where these monsters were couchant in the sand.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
 
 
 
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