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ˈkaʊ tʃəntcouchant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. couchant(ip)adjective

    lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward

Wiktionary

  1. couchantadjective

    Lying down; crouching.

  2. couchantadjective

    Represented as lying down with the head raised.

  3. Etymology: From couchant.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Couchantadjective

    Lying down; squatting.

    Etymology: couchant, Fr.

    If a lion were the proper coat of Judah, yet were it not probably a lion rampant, but rather couchant or dormant. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. v. c. 10.

    As a tiger, who by chance hath spy’d,
    In some purlieu, two gentle fawns at play,
    Strait couches close; then rising, changes oft
    His couchant watch. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv. l. 403.

Wikipedia

  1. couchant

    In heraldry, the term attitude describes the position in which a figure (animal or human) is emblazoned as a charge, a supporter, or as a crest. The attitude of a heraldic figure always precedes any reference to the tincture of the figure and its parts. Some attitudes apply only to predatory beasts, exemplified by the beast most usual to heraldry — the heraldic lion; other terms apply to docile animals, such as the doe, usually emblazoned as a "hind". Other heraldic attitudes, such as volant, describe the positions of birds, exemplified by the bird most usual to heraldry — the heraldic eagle; moreover, birds also are described by the positions of their wings. The term naiant (swimming) applies to fish, swans, ducks, and geese. The term segreant is applied to the griffin, as an approximation of rampant, and is applied to the dragon. Animal figures are positioned in profile, facing dexter (the viewer's left), and persons are shown affronté (facing the viewer), but the blazon might specify other attitudes.

ChatGPT

  1. couchant

    Couchant refers to an animal, typically a lion or other heraldic beast, represented as lying on its stomach with its head raised and facing forward. It is a term originating from French language, used in heraldry to describe the position of an animal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Couchantverb

    lying down with head erect; squatting

  2. Couchantverb

    lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast

  3. Etymology: [F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v. t.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. couchant

    In heraldry, a beast lying down, with his head up, is couchant. If the head is down, he is dormant.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of couchant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of couchant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of couchant in a Sentence

  1. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

    What I want to see before I die is a monument representing the Negro, not couchant on his knees like a four-footed animal, but erect on his feet like a man.


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