codpiece

[ kod-pees ]

noun

1. (in the 15th and 16th centuries) a flap or cover for the crotch in men's hose or tight-fitting breeches, usually matching the costume and often decorated.
2. Obsolete. penis.

codpiece

/ ˈkɒdˌpiːs /

noun

1. a bag covering the male genitals, attached to hose or breeches by laces, etc, worn in the 15th and 16th centuries

Word History and Origins

Origin of codpiece¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See cod ², piece

Word History and Origins

Origin of codpiece¹

C15: from cod ² + piece

Example Sentences

God keep from hurt, said he, the good fellow whose long codpiece or braguet hath saved his life!

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In saying this, he took the head and held it warm foregainst his codpiece, that the wind might not enter into it.

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Will you maintain, quoth Pantagruel, that the codpiece is the chief piece of a military harness?

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Bobadilla, rogue, ten Duckets, I hit the prepuce of thy Codpiece.

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Some wore a jeweled and embroidered codpiece between their legs to emphasize their virility.

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