caboshed
adjective
ca·boshed
kəˈbäsht
variants or less commonly cabossed or caboched
-äst
-äsht
heraldry
: borne affronté without the neck showing —used of an animal's head
Word History
Etymology
from past participle of obsolete caboche to behead (a deer) close behind the horns, from Middle English cabochen, from Old North French caboche head
First Known Use
1530, in the meaning defined above