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codpiece

Today it means: A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals. Full definition →

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The story

From cod (“bag, pouch, scrotum”) + piece.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.