Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, represented alone and affronté: said of the head of a stag or roebuck when no part of the neck is seen. Also
cabossed , cabaged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry of an animal, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the centre are the arms and crest of Shakespeare, and on an escutcheon of pretence three stags 'heads caboshed.
Shakespeare's Family 1885
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I'm sorry the project got caboshed half way through.
unknown title 2009
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I'm sorry the project got caboshed half way through.
unknown title 2009
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I'm sorry the project got caboshed half way through.
unknown title 2009
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Quarterly.l. Sable, three harts heads caboshed, Argent« attired.
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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a chevron between three ravens 'heads erased azure, a pellet between 4 cross-crosslets sable, for Nash; 2 and 3 sable a buck's head caboshed argent attired or, between his horns a cross patée, and across his mouth an arrow, Bulstrode.
Shakespeare's Family 1885
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