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Definition of couchant(ip) in English English dictionary
- lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
- couchant
- lying down with their head up
Or again, have you ever watched fine collie dogs couchant at twenty yards' distance?.
- couchant
- {a} squatting, lying down, resting on
- couchant
- 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
- Lying down with head erect; squatting
- couchant
- {s} (Heraldry) crouching (crouching animal); lying down