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cushes

cushes is the plural of cush.

Meaning of cush

Noun (1)

cush (plural cushes)

  1. (colloquial) The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.

Noun (2)

cush (plural cushes)

  1. Synonym of cuisse (“armor for the thigh”).
    • "[…]a breast and placket, taces, gorget, a burgonet with a buffe or chin peece," and also "Armour richly quilt and graven consisting of a backe, breast, cushes, a paire of kneecops, gorget, a pair of short taces, one burgonet […]"1880, “The” Archaeological Journal, page 488
    Synonyms:
    cuisse

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Questions about cushes

What is cushes the plural of?
Cushes is the plural of cush.

Words near cushes in the dictionary

  1. cushaw
  2. cushaws
  3. cushdie
  4. cushdy
  5. Cushendall
  6. cushes
  7. cushier
  8. cushiest
  9. cushily
  10. cushiness
  11. Cushing

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