Couchant (adj)
kow-chant
(of an animal) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised.
Late Middle English: French, ‘lying’, present participle of coucher (see couch).
Example sentences
“The heraldic shield showed two lions, couchant”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
