chausses

[ shohs ]

/ ʃoʊs /

medieval armor of mail for the legs and feet.

tights worn by men in medieval times over the legs and feet.

Origin of chausses

1350–1400; Middle English chauces < Middle French, plural of chauce ≪ Latin calceus shoe, equivalent to calc- (stem of calx) heel + -eus -eous

Its removal was ordered, and in the same year chausses were built across the fen, one to Hoxton and another to Islington.

A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) |Charles Creighton
Knight in surcoat, mail hauberk and chausses, shield on left side.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells |Percy Dearmer
A curious variety of the chausson and chausses is found in the figure of a knight from Roy.

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe |John Hewitt
The gambeson appearing below the chausses, but covering the chaussons of mail, forming an extra protection to the knee.

Armour in England |J. Starkie Gardner

The surcoat and the chausses were essential features of the period.

Chats on Military Curios |Stanley C. Johnson

chausses

/ (ʃəʊs) /

(functioning as singular) a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail

C15: from Old French chauces, plural of chauce leg-covering, from Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus shoe, from calx heel