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(heraldry) Of a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché. quotations examples
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, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 160
Argent, on a fesse sable, three chevronels couched sinister of the field. - TRENOWITH, Corn.
1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 111