The story
- French · borrowed fromchausson“shoe, sock; turnover”
- English todaychausson
From French chausson (“shoe, sock; turnover”). Doublet of calzone.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chausson
Today it means: A piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg). Full definition →
French chausson