cabochedcaboshedcabossedadj.
/kəˈbɒʃt//kəˈbɒst/ Heraldry.
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.
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trunkeda1550
caboched1572
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 59 An hartes heade cabazed d'Or.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 172 These horned beasts..haue also their heads borne Trunked: Which of some Armorists is blazoned Cabossed.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Cabossed, or Caboched, in Heraldry,..us'd where Head of a Beast is cut off behind the Ears.
1761 Brit. Mag. 2 76 Three harts heads, caboshed, argent.
1797 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 95 A bull's head cabost.
1866 E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. 36 A chevron between three bucks' heads cabossed argent.
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