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.

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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).

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

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

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