cuisse

American

[kwis] / kwɪs /

Also cuish

noun

Armor.

a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.

cuisse British

/ kwɪʃ, kwɪs /

noun

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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