cuisser en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English quisser. Compare cuisse, cuisset.
Meanings
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(rare) Synonym of cuisse.
They have girded on his shirt of mail, his cuissers well they've clasp'd, And they've harr'd the helm on his visage pale, and his hand the lance hath grasp'd And they have caught the old grey steed, the borse of Trebizond, […]
1822, Spirit of the English Magazines, page 473:Elizabeth's notables outside of court wore rapiers with cup-hilts and cuissers or overlapping plates of armour on the thigh.
1920, Jonathan Baum, “Fashions of Another Day”, in Clothing Trade Journal, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cuissers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |