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cuisser

cuisser noun: synonym of cuisse.

Noun

cuisser (plural cuissers)

  1. (rare) Synonym of cuisse.
    • They have girded on his shirt of mail, his cuissers well they've clasp'd, And they've harr'd the helm on his visage pale, and his hand the lance hath grasp'd And they have caught the old grey steed, the borse of Trebizond, […]1822, Spirit of the English Magazines, page 473
    • Elizabeth's notables outside of court wore rapiers with cup-hilts and cuissers or overlapping plates of armour on the thigh.1920, Jonathan Baum, “Fashions of Another Day”, in Clothing Trade Journal, page 168
    Synonyms:
    cuisse

Synonyms of cuisser

Forms of cuisser

pluralcuissers

Origin of cuisser

From Middle English quisser. Compare cuisse, cuisset.

Questions about cuisser

What does cuisser mean?
Cuisser means synonym of cuisse.
What part of speech is cuisser?
Cuisser is a noun.
What is the plural of cuisser?
The plural of cuisser is cuissers.

Words near cuisser in the dictionary

  1. cuissard
  2. cuissards
  3. cuissart
  4. cuissarts
  5. cuisse
  6. cuisser
  7. cuissers
  8. cuisses
  9. cuisset
  10. cuissets
  11. cuissette

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