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Webster 1913 Edition

Couche

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Couˊché′

(k??ˊsh?′)
,
Adj.
[F., p. p. of
coucher
. See
Couch
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Her.)
(a)
Not erect; inclined; – said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.
(b)
Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

Definition 2024

couché

couché

See also: couche

English

Adjective

couché ‎(not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Not erect; inclined.
  2. (heraldry) Lying on its side.
    A chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

French

Verb

couché m ‎(feminine singular couchée, masculine plural couchés, feminine plural couchées)

  1. past participle of coucher

Adjective

couché m, f ‎(plural couchés)

  1. in bed

Etymology

French, past participle of coucher ‎(“to lay, to lay down”).

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