cuishes

In a skirmish near Zutphen (South Fen) he served as a volunteer; and, as he was going into action fully armed, seeing his old friend Sir William Pelham without cuishes upon his thighs, prompted by mistaken but chivalrous generosity, he took off his own, and had his thigh broken by a musket-ball.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

He had risen at the first sound of the trumpet and left his tent completely armed, but observing that Sir William Pelham, an older soldier, had not protected his legs with cuishes, returned and threw off his own.

Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912

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

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

A diadem, not unlike the papal tiara, crowned his head; his tunic and cloak were of the skins of green humming-birds brilliantly iridescent; a rope of pearls large as grapes hung, many times doubled, from his neck down over his breast; his sandals and sandalthongs were embossed with gold, and besides anklets of massive gold, cuishes of the same metal guarded his legs from knee to anklet.

The fair god, or, The last of the 'Tzins 1873

Your armour fits you as if made for you, save that these cuishes scarce meet your body armour.

Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower Ralph Peacock 1867

Although desperately wounded in a part which should have been protected by the cuishes which he had thrown aside, he was not inclined to leave the field; but his own horse had been shot under him at the-beginning of the action, and the one upon which he was now mounted became too restive for him, thus crippled, to control.

History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

Sir Philip Sidney, an coming to the field, having met Sir William Pelham, the veteran lord marshal, lightly armed, had with chivalrous extravagance thrown off his own cuishes, and now rode to the battle with no armour but his cuirass.

History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

Although desperately wounded in a part which should have been protected by the cuishes which he had thrown aside, he was not inclined to leave the field; but his own horse had been shot under him at the-beginning of the action, and the one upon which he was now mounted became too restive for him, thus crippled, to control.

History of the United Netherlands, 1586c John Lothrop Motley 1845

Although desperately wounded in a part which should have been protected by the cuishes which he had thrown aside, he was not inclined to leave the field; but his own horse had been shot under him at the-beginning of the action, and the one upon which he was now mounted became too restive for him, thus crippled, to control.

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Sir Philip Sidney, an coming to the field, having met Sir William Pelham, the veteran lord marshal, lightly armed, had with chivalrous extravagance thrown off his own cuishes, and now rode to the battle with no armour but his cuirass.

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845