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cuissettes

cuissettes is the plural of cuissette.

Meaning of cuissette

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

Questions about cuissettes

What is cuissettes the plural of?
Cuissettes is the plural of cuissette.

Words near cuissettes in the dictionary

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

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