Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

couché

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: couche
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inclined at an angle.

adj

Couched: issuing from the side of the shield rather than the bottom or top.

Example Sentences

"Azure, semé of tratti or billets couché or, two lions passant in pale of the same."
"3rd, to sinister—on a shield couché a lion rampant within a bordure charged with eight roses, behind the shield a pastoral staff in pale, for Bishop Columba de Dunbar, being his arms and "baculum pastorale." […] Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, said to be a son or grandson of George, tenth Earl. Seal, 12th December 1452,—on a shield couché, a lion rampant within a bordure charged with eight roses or stars; […]"
"Argent, semé of billets couches azure, a lion rampant gules, crowned or, Lordship of GEROLDSECK."
"Andrew, Lord Avandale, bore on his seal a shield couché quartered : 1st , a lion rampant within a royal tressure […]"
"A heater - shield of Savoy (Gules, a cross argent) couché, with helm, mantling, and crest of a lion's head between two wings;"
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French couché, past participle of coucher (“to lay, to lay down”). Doublet of couchant and collocate.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: couché

Questions

What does couché mean?: Inclined at an angle.
Where does couché come from?: It is traced to French.

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