Meanings
plural cuissettes · alternative guissette
- rareA small or light cuisse.
[…] two pairs of cuissettes, and two testieres for horses.
1842, Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series of Illuminated Engravings : with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages, page 1591 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Frenchcuissete
- Middle Englishquischete
- Englishcuissette
From Middle English quischete, Old French cuissete (modern French cuissette).
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