Her. Also chalbot. [a. F. chabot (the Miller’s Thumb, also Her.), earlier F. cabot (see CABOT).] The fish called Miller’s Thumb.
1610. Guillim, Heraldrie, III. xxiii. 170. He beareth Or, three Chalbots Gules … A Chalbot fish seemeth to haue the shape of a Gournard.
1688. R. Holme, Acad. Arm., II. xv. No. 32. He beareth Azure, a Bul-Head Fish, proper … with us it is most known by the term … Millers Thumb; Gull, and a Chabot.
1708. Kersey, Chalbot or Chabot (in Heraldry), a Fish having a great Head, commonly call’d a Bull-head, or Miller’s-Thumb.
So 1721–1800. in Bailey.
