Definition of couchant. Meaning of couchant. Synonyms of couchant

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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)...
- a wheel symbolizing the dharmachakra, the Wheel of Buddhist law, with couchant deer on either side symbolizing the deer park in which the sermon was preached...
- Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at her head displa**** a lion couchant on a scroll bearing the Royal arms as emblazoned on the Standard. The launch...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cradle, 1872, Musée d'Orsay Armand Guillaumin, Sunset at Ivry (Soleil couchant à Ivry), 1873, Musée d'Orsay Édouard Manet, Boating, 1874, Metropolitan...
- foundation. List of paintings by Claude Monet "La Vallée de la Creuse, soleil couchant". webmuseo.com. Musée Unterlinden. Retrieved 27 August 2023. Goerig-Hergott...