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genouillère en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/

Etymology

From French genouillère, from Old French genoilliere, which was also borrowed earlier as Middle English genulere.

Meanings

  1. (historical) A metal plate used as armour for the knee.
  2. Part of a parapet lying between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

Forms

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Synonyms

kneepiece