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

Example Sentences

“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

Reuss writes on this passage: "La cuisse n'est point agitee, mais simplement prelevee sur ce que les convives mangeront."

From Evolution of Theology: an Anthropological Study by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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 Coppee, Henry

Reuss writes on this passage: "La cuisse n'est point agit�e, mais simplement prelev�e sur ce que les convives mangeront."

From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.