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What does couchant mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word couchant? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
  2. (heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised.
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Four rusticated columns support an arched pediment and two couchant lions holding shields.
She began to picture herself traveling with Ralph in a land where these monsters were couchant in the sand.
Couchant on a high-backed settee, the slender, dark-haired benefactress looks surprisingly contemporary, with her direct gaze, bright-red lipstick, and green silk lounging pajamas.
His eyes dwelt fondly on the placid Imogene, couchant amidships.
The rock of Quebec is like a lion couchant beside the St. Lawrence.
Or again, have you ever watched fine collie dogs couchant at twenty yards' distance?

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