couched

English
The arms of Ergolding feature a chevron couched.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaʊt͡ʃt/
  • Rhymes: -aʊtʃt

Verb

couched

  1. simple past and past participle of couch

Adjective

couched (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Of a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché.
    • 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 160:
      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; […]
    • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 111:
      Argent, on a fesse sable, three chevronels couched sinister of the field. - TRENOWITH, Corn.
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