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cuissards

cuissards is the plural of cuissard.

Meaning of cuissard

Noun

cuissard (plural cuissards)

  1. An armor leg-guard or thigh-guard.
    • 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 […]1843, Magic, Magic and Mesmerism: An Episode of the Eighteenth Century, and Other Tales, page 212

Questions about cuissards

What is cuissards the plural of?
Cuissards is the plural of cuissard.

Words near cuissards in the dictionary

  1. cuisines
  2. cuisinier
  3. cuisiniers
  4. Cuisnahuat
  5. cuissard
  6. cuissards
  7. cuissart
  8. cuissarts
  9. cuisse
  10. cuisser
  11. cuissers

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