counter-couchant

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ couchant.

Adjective

counter-couchant (not comparable)

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

   counter-couchant bulls

References

• “counter-couchant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.