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.

Derived terms

• couchedness
• uncouched