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Definition of cuisse in English: cuisse(also cuish) noun kwɪskwis usually cuisses" or "cuisheshistorical A piece of armour for the thigh. 〈史〉护腿甲 Example sentencesExamples - He nodded and looked me over as he peeled off the body armor, dropping the chest plate, the cuisse and shynbald armor of the legs.
- He hastily straightened his gleaming bronze cuirass and cuisse, settled his sword sheath and gauntlets more comfortably upon his belt, and entered the audience hall.
- The thighs, which had been protected beneath the mail hauberk by padded, or gambossed, cuisses in the 13th century, received plate cuisses early in the next century.
OriginMiddle English (originally in the plural): from Old French cuisseaux, plural of cuissel, from late Latin coxale, from coxa 'hip'. Definition of cuisse in US English: cuisse(also cuish) nounkwis usually cuisses" or "cuisheshistorical A piece of armor for the thigh. 〈史〉护腿甲 Example sentencesExamples - He hastily straightened his gleaming bronze cuirass and cuisse, settled his sword sheath and gauntlets more comfortably upon his belt, and entered the audience hall.
- The thighs, which had been protected beneath the mail hauberk by padded, or gambossed, cuisses in the 13th century, received plate cuisses early in the next century.
- He nodded and looked me over as he peeled off the body armor, dropping the chest plate, the cuisse and shynbald armor of the legs.
OriginMiddle English (originally in the plural): from Old French cuisseaux, plural of cuissel, from late Latin coxale, from coxa ‘hip’. |