caboched

[kuh-bosht]

adjective

caboshed.

Also ca·bo·ché

[kab-uh-shey] /ˌkæb əˈʃeɪ/.

caboshed

or ca·boched

[kuh-bosht]

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