cuir-bouilli

British

/ ˌkwɪəbuːˈjiː /

noun

a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century

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Etymology

Origin of cuir-bouilli

French, literally: boiled leather

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cuir-bouilli

When it had dried to a fitting hardness it was covered with cuir-bouilli, or boiled leather, which made it watertight.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

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