| 单词 | levant and couchant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslevant and couchant Only in phrase levant and couchant (= medieval Latin levans et cubans, in continental as well as English use): lit. ‘rising up and lying down’; said of cattle. (For the specific interpretation see quot. 1768.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > at pasture couchant and levant1496 levant and couchant1594 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > limited to specific number of cattle couchant and levant1496 levant and couchant1594 stinted1691 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. Chancerie §100 To have common of pasture for their beasts and cattel upon the said lands levant and cowchant at all times of the yeare. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 9 If the lands were not sufficiently fenced so as to keep out cattle, the landlord cannot distrein them, till they have been levant and couchant (levantes et cubantes) on the land; that is, have been long enough there to have laid down and rose up to feed; which in general is held to be one night at least. 1864 Brumby Enclosure Application 38 Right of common which may be exercised in all times of the year for cattle levant and couchant. 1872 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 7 592 All cattle, sheep, and other commonable animals levant and couchant within the borough. < as lemmas |
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