Etymology

chausse

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Today it means: Armor for the legs, usually made of mail, either covering the entire leg from foot to thigh, or variously covering only the thigh or only the calf and foot, with the chausson covering the other half of the leg. Full definition →

Middle French chausse
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chausse · noun1

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromchausse“stocking, cloth covering the leg up to the thigh”
  2. English todaychausse

Borrowed from French or Middle French chausse (“stocking, cloth covering the leg up to the thigh”).

Chausse · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromChausse
  2. English todayChausse

Borrowed from French Chausse.

Words from the same roots

FrenchChausse all →

chaussé

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