couchant : Idioms & Phrases
Couchant and levant
(Law) , rising up and lying down; said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, such time being held to include a day and night at the least.
Webster 1913
counter-couchant
Coun"ter-couch`ant adjective
Definitions
(Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.
