Cuisse

//kwɪs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
  2. 2
    armor plate that protects the thigh wordnet

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Italic *koksā Late Latin coxa Old French cuisse French cuissebor. English cuisse Borrowed from French cuisse (“thigh”), from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”). Compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.

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