couche

Verb

Meaning

Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.

Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

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Known as a couche, the flax cloth is used to hold the dough into shape while in the final rise, just before baking. Source: Internet

The floured couche makes a "non stick" surface to hold the dough. Source: Internet

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