chausses

American

[shohs] / ʃoʊs /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

medieval armor of mail for the legs and feet.
tights worn by men in medieval times over the legs and feet.

chausses British

/ ʃəʊs /

noun

(functioning as singular) a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail

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Etymology

Origin of chausses

1350–1400; Middle English chauces < Middle French, plural of chauce ≪ Latin calceus shoe, equivalent to calc- (stem of calx ) heel + -eus -eous

Example Sentences

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Chausses, or leggins, also of steel, clothed the nether limbs, ending in shoes of thin lateral scales sharply pointed at the toes.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis

Chausses, shōs, or shō′sez, n.pl. any closely fitting covering for the legs, hose generally: the defence-pieces for the legs in ancient armour.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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