caboched, caboshed, cabossed, ppl. a. Her.
(kəˈbɒʃt, kəˈbɒst)
Also cabazed, cabaged.
[f. prec.; or ad. F. caboché in same sense.]
Borne (as the head of a stag, bull, or other beast) full-faced, and cut off close behind the ears so as to show no part of the neck; trunked.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 59 An hartes heade cabazed d'Or. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiv. (1660) 162 These horned beasts..have also their heads borne Trunked: Which of some Armorists is blazoned Cabossed. 1751 Chambers Cycl., Caboched, caboshed or cabossed. 1761 Brit. Mag. II. 76 Three harts heads, caboshed, argent. 1797 Churchw. Acc. St. Mary Hill, Lond. (Nicholls) 95 note, A bull's head cabost. 1866 Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture 36 A chevron between three bucks' heads cabossed argent. |