cuisse

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This was called the _droit de cuisse_.

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  • You need to cut out of the insulation two cuisse pieces to cover the thighs and two greave pieces to cover the shins. —  Reader's Digest
  • Use these cords to attach kneepads to cuisse and greave pieces as shown on facing page. —  Reader's Digest
  • Les yeux larmoyants, il touche l'impact de la balle sur sa cuisse gauche, murmure quelques mots inaudibles, puis replonge dans un état second … —  Global Voices Online
  • Six petites particules sont encore plantées dans la cuisse. —  Global Voices Online
  • To me, there's nothing worse than being presented with a greasy leg of duck, covered with fatty, flabby skin, when you could be eating shatteringly-crisp skinned cuisse de canard, every bite making you happily forget how much duck fat you're ingesting. —  David Lebovitz
 

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  1. Middle English quisse, probably back-formation from quisseues, pl. of quisseu, cuisse, from Old French quisseuz, pl. of quissel, from quisse, thigh, from Latin coxa, hip.
 

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