cuisse

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/kwɪs//kwiːs/

noun

Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.

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cuissetcuissettecuissercush
OriginFrench cuisse ← Old French cuisse ← Late Latin coxa →
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Meanings

nouncuisse (plural cuisses)

plural cuisses · alternative cuish · alternative quish · alternative quisse

  1. Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.

    Synonyms: cuisset, cuissette, cuisser, cush

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDefensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.

Similar
cuissetcuissettecuissercush
Also see
cuissercuissetcushquisset

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*koḱs-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kóḱseh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*koksā
  4. Late Latincoxa
  5. Old Frenchcuisse
  6. Frenchcuisse
  7. Englishcuisse

Borrowed from French cuisse (“thigh”), from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cuisse

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Cite this entry
APA

cuisse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuisse

MLA

“cuisse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuisse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuisse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuisse.

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