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Kisser, which is said still to exist, means a maker of cuishes, thigh-armour, Fr, cuisses --

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At her command they brought harness to replace Conan's chain-mail—gorget, sollerets, cuirass, pauldrons, jambes, cuisses, and sallet. — Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
And all his greaves and cuisses dashed with drops — Idylls of the King
He wore a jubon or close vest of crimson cloth, with cuisses or short skirts of yellow satin, — Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
And all his greaves and cuisses dash'd with drops — Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People
Sidney in putting off his cuisses because his general had not got his on. " — Weighed and Wanting

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