caboshed
or ca·boched
[ kuh-bosht ]
/ kəˈbɒʃt /
adjective Heraldry.
(of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
Also
ca·bossed
[kuh-bost] /kəˈbɒst/,
ca·bo·ché
[kab-uh-shey] /ˌkæb əˈʃeɪ/.
Origin of caboshed
1565–75; variant of
caboched, past participle of Middle English
caboche to behead (a deer) < Anglo-French
cabocher, derivative of
caboche head; see
cabbage1
Words nearby caboshed
cabochon,
caboclo,
caboodle,
caboose,
cabora bassa,
caboshed,
cabot,
cabot strait,
cabot's ring body,
cabotage,
cabover
Example sentences from the Web for caboshed
A Stags head full-faced, but without the neck, as No. 170, is cabossed or caboshed.
The Handbook to English Heraldry |Charles Boutell