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caboshed /kəˈbɒʃt / (caboched) (cabossed /kəˈbɒst/)
adjective [usually postpositive] Heraldry (of the head of a stag, bull, etc.) shown full face with no neck visible.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: from French caboché, in the same sense.
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