couchant and levant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Rising up and lying down; said of animals, indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down at night and rise up to feed by day.

Word forms

couchant and levant

Etymology

Old French? See couchant.

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