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cuissart

cuissart is the alternative form 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

Forms of cuissart

pluralcuissarts

Questions about cuissart

What is cuissart the alternative form of?
Cuissart is the alternative form of cuissard.

Words near cuissart in the dictionary

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

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