Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, partly lying down; not erect: said of a shield used as an escutcheon, as in a seal or the like, when the shield is generally represented hung up by the sinister corner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.
  • adjective 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective heraldry Not erect; inclined.
  • adjective heraldry Lying on its side.

Etymologies

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French, past participle of coucher ("to lay, to lay down").

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  • 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.

    I need to study up on heraldry.

    March 7, 2011