caboshed

American  

[kuh-bosht] / kəˈbɒʃt /

Also cabossed or caboched

adjective

Heraldry.

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

   a stag's head caboshed.

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Etymology

Origin of caboshed

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”; see cabbage ¹

Example Sentences

Beckington's arms, which occur also on the gateways, are argent on a fess azure, between in chief three bucks' heads caboshed gules, and in base as many pheons sable, a bishop's mitre or.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy

In the centre are the arms and crest of Shakespeare, and on an escutcheon of pretence three stags' heads caboshed.

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)