cuisse
[ kwis ]
/ kwɪs /
noun Armor.
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
Also
cuish
[kwish] /kwɪʃ/.
Origin of cuisse
1275–1325; earlier also
cush, plural
cushies (the plural
cush(i)e-s misanalyzed as
cush-(i)es), Middle English
quissheu, kusheu, plural
quyssewes, cusschewis < Old French
quisseuz, cuisseus, plural of
cuissel, equivalent to
cuisse thigh (< Latin
coxa hipbone) +
-el noun suffix
Words nearby cuisse
cuisinart,
cuisine,
cuisine minceur,
cuisinier,
cuisinière,
cuisse,
cuitlacoche,
cuittle,
cuj.,
cuke,
cukor
Example sentences from the Web for cuish
But when he put off his armor he found the cuish from his right thigh filled with clots of blood from an angry wound in his side.
Good Stories For Great Holidays |Frances Jenkins Olcott
British Dictionary definitions for cuish
cuisse
cuish (kwɪʃ)
/ (kwɪs) /
noun
a piece of armour for the thigh
Word Origin for cuisse
C15: back formation from
cuisses (plural), from Old French
cuisseaux thigh guards, from
cuisse thigh, from Latin
coxa hipbone