Counter-couchant

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the precise meaning of this term depends upon the rest of the description. Thus: two lions accosted counter-couchant means that they lye side by side, with their heads in contrary directions. Again: two lions counter-couchant in pale denotes that one occupies the upper part of the shield and the other the lower; one facing the dexter, the other the sinister. One lion counter-couchant always faces the sinister

Elements of heraldry, di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1866