cuir-bouilli

/ ˌkwɪəbuːˈjiː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuir-bouilli¹

French, literally: boiled leather

Example Sentences

Cuir-bouilli, leather softened by boiling, during which process it took any form or impression required, and afterwards hardened.

From Project Gutenberg

At the side is a cuir bouilli crupper as worn by the English heavy cavalry in the sixteenth century.

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In order to protect the knee, a knee-cap, or genouillire of cuir bouilli, was fastened over it.

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The style was none other than a piecing together of the best features of chain mail, plate, and cuir-bouilli.

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

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