cuissard

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwisɑɹ(d)/

Noun

cuissard (plural cuissards)

  1. An armor leg-guard or thigh-guard.
    Coordinate term: cuisse
    • 1843, Magic, Magic and Mesmerism: An Episode of the Eighteenth Century, and Other Tales, page 212:
      His looks anxiously followed the men as, upon given signals, they disappeared and returned with a fresh supply of cuissards, brassards, gorgets, knee and breast plates, groaning under the weight […]

Alternative forms

French

Etymology

From cuisse +‎ -ard.

Noun

cuissard m (plural cuissards)

  1. leg guard, thigh guard

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