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Cuisse

noun
1.
Armor plate that protects the thigh.





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"Cuisse" Quotes from Famous Books



... out wan morning, an' de pilot geev us warning, "W'en you come on Rapide Cuisse, ma frien', keep raf' she's head on shore, If you struck beeg rock on middle, w'ere le diable is play hees fiddle, Dat's de tam you pass on some place, you ...
— The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems • William Henry Drummond
... that his hearers could not be sure whether what he said was very witty or very stupid. He was dressed in a dark-green dress coat, knee breeches of the color of cuisse de nymphe effrayee, as he called it, ...
— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy


Words linked to "Cuisse" :   armor plate, plate armor, armour plate, suit of armor, armor plating, body armor, coat of mail, suit of armour, plate armour, body armour, cataphract


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