(of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. / (heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised.

(heraldry) Lying down, with the heads in opposite directions.

(law, obsolete) 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.

Alternative form of couchant and levant