chabot

plural chabots · alternative chalbot

1. raregovernmentA kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules").

   Chabots[:] Or three chabots gu.

   1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 839

   3 more examples

   Over all an escutcheon of pretence : 1 and 4 , Gules, nine mascles conjoined or, 3, 3, 3 (Rohan); 2 and 3, Or, three chabots hauriant gules (Chabot).

   1901, Ex Libris Society, The Journal of the Ex Libris Society, page 66

   "Or, three chabots gules” is the crest of a French family of the name of Chabot.

   1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory, London : T.C.; & E.C. Jack, page 186

   Arms : Gules three gemels gold on a quarter silver three chabots erect gules.

   1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms

plural Chabots

1. A surname from French.
2. A lake in Alameda County, California, United States, named after Anthony Chabot.