chausson
/ʃoʊˈsɔn/
chausson noun: a piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg).
Noun
chausson (plural chaussons)
- A piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg).
- This leg armour consisted of three parts — the chaussons with the genouilleres attached, the greaves or leg armour, and the solleret or armed shoe. The knee piece formed part of the chausson, and was strapped on the leg […]1872, Octavius Morgan, Some Account of the Ancient Monuments in the Priory Church, Abergavenny, page 11
- There is also one pair of mail chaussons, or coverings for the legs. The sabatons were the armed coverings for the feet, which at this period were separate from the leg defences, of which in the early sixteenth century they so often […]1897, The Archaeological Journal, page 285
- A kind of slipper or sock.
- He leaned down and drew his sabots toward him from their place near the andirons, and slipped them over his chaussons; and as he straightened up, his eyes mechanically sought the mantel above, where in the dusk another pair of sabots stood, little, slender, delicate sabots, carved from red beech.1897, Robert William Chambers, The Mystery of Choice, page 180
- She was on her feet in an instant with wide eyes and parted lips " Mon Dieu ! What agony ! […] her chaussons and stole across the lane in her stocking feet, always alert and watchful.1902, James William Fosdick, The Honor of the Braxtons: A Novel, page 169
- A French turnover (food).
- Roll out and form the chaussons
• Lightly dust a large flat work surface with all-purpose flour. Remove the puff pastry from the refrigerator. Place one sheet of puff pastry on the work surface.2020, Melissa Weller, Carolynn Carreno, A Good Bake: The Art and Science of Making Perfect Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Breads at Home: A Cookbook, Knopf, →ISBN, page 188 - But the pâté did not reach its highest excellence until some time afterwards, when Doyen, a pastry-cook of great genius, already celebrated for his chaussons of veal and inimitable apple-puffs, substituted the blacker, larger, and more fragrant truffle […]2021, George H. Ellwanger, The Pleasures of the Table, Good Press
- Roll out and form the chaussons
Examples of chausson in a sentence
- As the period advanced, the legs were covered with mail chaussons above the knee, and below it with chausses, which were made to cover the feet.1907, British Museum, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, Guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the Specimens of Mediaeval and...
- Clogs on his feet, inside them thick wool chaussons, half socks and half slipper, dyed brown with walnut juice.2014, Gillian Tindall, Celestine: Voices From A French Village, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
Forms of chausson
| plural | chaussons |
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Origin of chausson
From French chausson (“shoe, sock; turnover”). Doublet of calzone.
Words that rhyme with chausson
Questions about chausson
- What does chausson mean?
- Chausson means a piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg).
- How do you use chausson in a sentence?
- As the period advanced, the legs were covered with mail chaussons above the knee, and below it with chausses, which were made to cover the feet.
- What part of speech is chausson?
- Chausson is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chausson?
- Chausson is pronounced /ʃoʊˈsɔn/.
- What is the plural of chausson?
- The plural of chausson is chaussons.
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