adjective
- shown full-face without a neck or body
Usage: heraldry
Examples
- The lion’s head was depicted caboshed on the family coat of arms.
- In heraldry, a caboshed head faces directly forward.
- The bear appeared caboshed in the medieval shield design.
- The artist drew the stag’s head caboshed for the heraldic emblem.
- Royal arms often feature animals’ heads shown caboshed.