heraldic animal shown in full face with no neck or body
• (a.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.
Ca·boched' adjective [ French caboche head. Confer 1st Cabbage .] (Her.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [ Written also caboshed .]