genouillère

/ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/

noun

A metal plate used as armour for the knee.

Similar
kneepiece
OriginFrench genouillère ← Old French genoilliere →
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Meanings

noungenouillère (plural genouillères)

plural genouillères

  1. historicalA metal plate used as armour for the knee.

    Synonyms: kneepiece

  2. Part of a parapet lying between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA metal plate used as armour for the knee.

Similar
kneepiece
Also see
kneepiece

Origin

  1. Old Frenchgenoilliere
  2. Frenchgenouillère
  3. Englishgenouillère

From French genouillère, from Old French genoilliere, which was also borrowed earlier as Middle English genulere.

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APA

genouillère. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genouill%C3%A8re

MLA

“genouillère.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genouill%C3%A8re. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genouillère,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genouill%C3%A8re.

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