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caboshed

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ca⋅boshed

  [kuh-bosht]
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–adjective Heraldry.
(of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
Also, ca⋅bossed  [kuh-bost] , caboched, caboché.

Origin:
1565–75; var. of caboched, ptp. of ME caboche to behead (a deer) < AF cabocher, deriv. of caboche head; see cabbage 1
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