? Obs. Also 6 cabage. [f. F. cabocher (in same sense) implied in pple. adj. caboché CABOCHED, and used (as cabacher) by Palsgr., f. caboche = It. capocchia augm. and pejorative of capo head. The form cabage is identified with CABBAGE v.1, which is ultimately the same word.] trans. To cut off the head of (a deer) close behind the horns.
a. 1425. Bk. Hunting, MS. Bodl. 546 fol. 93. Þer nedeth no more but to caboche his heed.
1530. Palsgr., 596. I kabage a deere, je cabaiche. I wyll cabage my dere … je cabacheray ma beste.
1575. Turberv., Bk. Venerie, xliii. 134. It is cut off near to the head. And then the heade is cabaged [i.e.] cut close by the hornes through the braine pan, untill you come vnderneath the eyes, and ther it is cut off.
