a. [ad. L. -cumbent-em, pr. pple. of -cumbĕre to lie down, used only in comp., accumbĕre, recumbĕre, etc.] Lying down, in a reclining position: esp. of figures in statuary.
1644. Evelyn, Diary, 12 Nov. Cumbent figures of marble.
1670–98. Lassels, Voy. Italy, I. 129. It represents … St. Joseph in a cumbent posture.
1757. Dyer, Fleece, I. 84. Too cold the grassy mantle … For cumbent sheep.
1849. Rock, Ch. Fathers, II. 162, note. The very interesting cumbent figure found … in Rochester Cathedral.
