Couchant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkaʊtʃənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Couchant is an adjective meaning (of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
Meaning
(of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
More Meanings
- (heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised.
Example Sentences
Or again, have you ever watched fine collie dogs couchant at twenty yards' distance?
His crest was covered with a couchant Hownd, / And all his armour seem'd of antique mould […]
Two figures faced each other, large, austere; / A couchant sphinx in shadow to the breast, / An angel standing in the moonlight clear; […]
There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crouchant, crouching, cumbent, crotched, crutched, couched.
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