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guissette

guissette is the archaic spelling 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

Forms of guissette

pluralguissettes

Questions about guissette

What is guissette the archaic spelling of?
Guissette is the archaic spelling of cuissette.

Words near guissette in the dictionary

  1. Guisican
  2. guising
  3. Guisinger
  4. Guisingers
  5. guisings
  6. guissette
  7. guissettes
  8. guist
  9. guists
  10. Guisui
  11. guitalele

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