‖ déhaché, a. Her.
(deɪˈhæʃeɪ)
[obs. F. déhaché ‘hacked, hewed, cut into small pieces’ (Cotgr. 1611), f. de- I. 1, 2 + hacher to cut.]
(See quots.)
| 1766 Porny Heraldry v. (1777) 158 If a Lion, or any other Beast is represented with its limbs and body separated..it is then termed Déhaché or Couped in all its parts. Ibid. Gloss., Déhaché, this is an obsolete French word..the term Couped is now used in stead of it. 1880 G. T. Clark in Encycl. Brit. XI. 698/2 (Heraldry) In one or two well-known instances on the Continent he [the lion] is ‘déhaché’, that is, his head and paws and the tuft of his tail are cut off. |