Definitions
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- noun Defensive armor for the thighs.
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- noun
defensive armour for thethighs
Etymologies
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French cuisse ("thigh"); compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot ("armour for the thigh, cuish")
Examples
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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.
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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.
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"Helm, cuish, and breastplate streamed with gore."
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