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cuissette

/kwisɛt/

cuissette noun: a small or light cuisse.

Noun

cuissette (plural cuissettes)

  1. (rare) A small or light cuisse.
    • The cuissettes are in several pieces and covered by cuissarts. The upper edges, in this instructive specimen of plate armour, of the pauldrons, are turned up so as in some degree to protect the neck, which evidently gave rise to […]1821, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 145
    • […] two pairs of cuissettes, and two testieres for horses.1842, Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series...

Forms of cuissette

pluralcuissettes
alternative formguissette

Origin of cuissette

From Middle English quischete, Old French cuissete (modern French cuissette).

Questions about cuissette

What does cuissette mean?
Cuissette means a small or light cuisse.
What part of speech is cuissette?
Cuissette is a noun.
How do you pronounce cuissette?
Cuissette is pronounced /kwisɛt/.
What is the plural of cuissette?
The plural of cuissette is cuissettes.

Words near cuissette in the dictionary

  1. cuisser
  2. cuissers
  3. cuisses
  4. cuisset
  5. cuissets
  6. cuissette
  7. cuissettes
  8. cuithe
  9. cuitikins
  10. cuitlacoche
  11. Cuitlatec

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