couche Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cou`ché" adjective (Also<

• Couche
• Couché

)

Etymology

F., p. p. of coucher. See Couch, v. t.

Definitions

1. (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.