Couched

//kaʊt͡ʃt// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of couch form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché. not-comparable

    "Holmes gives us the Arms of the Name of TOURNEY, Or, a Cheveron couched Gules, Fig. 15. IF it be turned to the other Side, says he, it is termed couched sinister;[…]"

Synonyms

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putstyled

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"He couched his demand in respectful words."

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