cuir-bouilli
/ (ˌkwɪəbuːˈjiː) /
a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
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cuir-bouilli, leather softened by boiling, during which process it took any form or impression required, and afterwards hardened.
Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport AdamsAt the side is a cuir bouilli crupper as worn by the English heavy cavalry in the sixteenth century.
Authorised Guide to the Tower of London | W. J. LoftieIn order to protect the knee, a knee-cap, or genouillire of cuir bouilli, was fastened over it.
A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. DonaldThe style was none other than a piecing together of the best features of chain mail, plate, and cuir-bouilli.
Chats on Military Curios | Stanley C. JohnsonWhen it had dried to a fitting hardness it was covered with cuir-bouilli, or boiled leather, which made it watertight.
On the Spanish Main | John Masefield
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