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Definition of Couchant

Couchant
Couchant Couch"ant (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v. t.] 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting. 2. (Her.) 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. Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. --Blackstone.

Meaning of Couchant from wikipedia

- sometimes termed "sejant-rampant"). Lion sejant Lion sejant erect A beast couchant (Old French: "lying down") is lying down, but with the head raised. Lodged...
- state flags; a plain red flag with a couchant lion and sun motif as the war flag, a plain white flag with a couchant lion and sun for diplomatic purposes...
- muni****lity in Spain, showing a lion couchant proper (1554) Arms of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, showing a lion couchant Or (1727) Arms of the Burgdorf district...
- appear statant (standing), salient or springing (leaping), sejant (seated), couchant or lodged (lying prone with head raised), or occasionally dormant (sleeping)...
- UNESCO. ISBN 978-92-3-104153-2. "Maghreb, en arabe Maghrib ou Marhrib (" le Couchant ")". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Archived from the original on 22...
- foundation. List of paintings by Claude Monet "La Vallée de la Creuse, soleil couchant". webmuseo.com. Musée Unterlinden. Retrieved 27 August 2023. Goerig-Hergott...
- usually only one bay deep and are supported on two columns, often resting on couchant lions, as at St Zeno, Verona.See above. Elsewhere, porches of various dates...
- and the city centre. From some angles, Arthur's Seat resembles a lion couchant. Two of the several extinct vents make up the 'Lion's Head' and the 'Lion's...
- the Holy Roman Empire (above the double-headed eagle) Crest 1st: a lion couchant guardant Argent supporting a banner Gules charged with a dexter hand couped...
- "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...