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caboshed

or ca·boched

[ kuh-bosht ]

adjective

, Heraldry.
  1. (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck:

    a stag's head caboshed.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of caboshed1

First recorded in 1565–75; variant of caboched, past participle of Middle English caboche(n) “to behead (a deer),” from Anglo-French cabocher, derivative of caboche “head”; cabbage 1
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Example Sentences

Buckley, of Howarth Parva: a chevron between three bulls' heads caboshed argent; quartering Butterworth.

A bull's head is sometimes found caboshed (Fig. 377), as in the crest of Macleod, or as in the arms of Walrond.

The stag's head is very frequently met with, but it will be almost more frequently found as a stag's head caboshed (Fig. 385).

The ram's head will sometimes be found caboshed, as in the arms of Ritchie and Roberts.

The Dean: Azure, a stag's head caboshed and between the horns a cross pate fitche argent.

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