couchant
/ˈkaʊtʃ(ə)nt
/adjective [usually postpositive] Heraldry
(Of an animal) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised: two lions couchant...
- Lions couchant are carved above the smaller arches and the structure is covered with Tasmanian stone.
- There was a soiled and tawdry mirror above a massive metal and marble clock supported by a lion couchant on the mantelshelf.
Origin
Late Middle English: French, 'lying', present participle of coucher (see couch1).