- (v.t.) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side or at the fess point.
- (v.t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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