couched /kaʊt͡ʃt/ adjective1 •Of a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché.Holmes gives us the Arms of the Name of TOURNEY, Or, a Cheveron couched Gules, Fig. 15. IF it be turned to the other Side, says he, it is termed couched sinister;[…] — 1722
