cuisse - translation to English
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cuisse - translation to English

ARMOUR WORN TO PROTECT THE THIGHS
Cuisse
  • Italian cuisse, circa 1450

cuisse         
n. leg, thigh, upper section of the leg between the knee and the hip; ham
se taper sur les cuisses      
slap one's knees

Definition

cuisse
[kw?s]
(also cuish kw??)
¦ noun historical a piece of armour for the thigh.
Origin
ME (orig. in plural): from OFr. cuisseaux, plural of cuissel, from late L. coxale, from coxa 'hip'.

Wikipedia

Cuisses

Cuisses (; ; French: [kɥis]) are a form of medieval armour worn to protect the thigh. The word is the plural of the French word cuisse meaning 'thigh'. While the skirt of a maille shirt or tassets of a cuirass could protect the upper legs from above, a thrust from below could avoid these defenses. Thus, cuisses were worn on the thighs to protect from such blows. Padded cuisses made in a similar way to a gambeson were commonly worn by knights in the 12th and 13th centuries, usually over chausses, and may have had poleyns directly attached to them. Whilst continental armours typically had cuisses that did not protect the back of the thigh, English cuisses were typically entirely encapsulating, due to the English preference for foot combat over the mounted cavalry charges favoured by continental armies.

Cuisses could also be made of brigandine or splinted leather, but beginning around 1340 they were typically made from steel plate armour. From 1370 onward they were made from a single plate of iron or steel.

Examples of use of cuisse
1. Les rencontres suscitées par Kaléidoschoral ont également permis de songer au statut des compositeurs. «La fanfare descend de la cuisse de l‘armée, alors que l‘art choral descend de la cuisse de l‘Eglise», résume le directeur artistique du projet.
2. Les personnes qui nous dirigent ne sortent pas de la cuisse de Jupiter.
3. Valon Behrami, victime d‘une contracture ŕ la cuisse, devrait ętre de la partie.
4. De quoi parle–t–on avec Bartabas au moment d‘entamer une cuisse de canard?
5. En turc on dit que, chez le boucher, chaque mouton est suspendu par sa propre cuisse.