couched

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/kaʊt͡ʃt/

adjective

Of a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of couch
adjectivecouched (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentOf a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché.

    Argent, on a fesse sable, three chevronels couched sinister of the field. - TRENOWITH, Corn.

    1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 111
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    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;[…]

    1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 160

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with couched

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APA

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Chicago

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