perch

/pɜːtʃ/ verb

Definition

perch (sth) on/in/above, etc › to be in a high position or in a position near the edge of something, or to put something in this position: [often passive] The village was perched on the side of a mountain. She wore glasses perched on the end of her nose.

perch on/in, etc › to sit near the edge of something: The children perched on the edges of their seats.

(Definition of perch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)