'Couchant' definitions:
Definition of 'couchant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
Definition of 'Couchant'
From: GCIDE
- Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v. t.]
- 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'couchant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumbent,
- couche,
- crawling,
- crouched,
- debased,
- decumbent,
- depressed,
- draped,
- flat,
- groveling,
- knee-high,
- knocked flat,
- laid low,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- low,
- low-built,
- low-hung,
- low-level,
- low-leveled,
- low-lying,
- low-set,
- low-statured,
- lying,
- neap,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- prostrate,
- reclining,
- recumbent,
- reposing,
- resupine,
- runty,
- short,
- sprawled,
- sprawling,
- spread,
- squat,
- squatty,
- stooped,
- stumpy,
- supine,
- unelevated