cuisse

American  

[kwis] / kwɪs /

Also cuish

noun

Armor.

1. a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.

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cuisse British  

/ kwɪʃ, kwɪs /

noun

1. a piece of armour for the thigh

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Etymology

Origin of cuisse

1275–1325; earlier also cush, plural cushies (the plural cush ( i ) e-s misanalyzed as cush- ( i ) es ), Middle English quissheu, kusheu, plural quyssewes, cusschewis < Old French quisseuz, cuisseus, plural of cuissel, equivalent to cuisse thigh (< Latin coxa hipbone) + -el noun suffix

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cuisse

“Enough is enough,” the late Josh Ozersky wrote in one cri de cuisse in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Soul music is playing in the background as the students take orders for cuisse de canard and paupiettes de mérou.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2019

The low chant of the cuisse rompue is especially pathetic.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee

But where, in the name of Heaven, where are these sortis de la cuisse de Jupiter, Mr. Froude?

From West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas by J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas

Squires were running hither and thither, or aiding their masters to don armor, lacing helm to hauberk, tying the points of ailette, coude, and rondel; buckling cuisse and jambe to thigh and leg.

From The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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