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Couchant

//ˈkaʊtʃənt// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. not-comparable

    "The dogs, with eager yelp, / Are struggling to be free; / The hawks in frequent stoop / Token their haste for flight; / And couchant on the saddle-bow, / With tranquil eyes, and talons sheath’d, / The ounce expects his liberty."

  2. 2
    Represented as crouching with the head raised. not-comparable

    "His crest was covered with a couchant Hownd, / And all his armour seem'd of antique mould […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English couchant, from Middle French couchant.

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