Cuisse
/kwɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
- 2 armor plate that protects the thigh wordnet
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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.