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ˈchabot Her.
Also chalbot.
[a. F. chabot (the Miller's Thumb, also Her.), earlier F. cabot (see cabot).]
The fish called Miller's Thumb.
1610J. Guillim Heraldrie iii. xxiii. 170 He beareth Or, three Chalbots Gules..A Chalbot fish seemeth to haue the shape of a Gournard. 1688R. Holme Acad. Arm. ii. xv. No. 32 He beareth Azure, a Bul-Head Fish, proper..with us it is most known by the term..Millers Thumb; Gull, and a Chabot. 1708Kersey, Chalbot or Chabot (in Heraldry), a Fish having a great Head, commonly call'd a Bull-head, or Miller's-Thumb. So1721–1800in Bailey. |