cuissette
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cuissette
- /kwisɛt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English quischete, Old French cuissete (modern French cuissette).
noun cuissettes · guissette
- A small or light cuisse. The cuissettes are in several pieces and covered by cuissarts. The upper edges, in this instructive specimen of plate armour, of the pauldrons, are turned up so as in some degree to protect the neck, which evidently gave rise to […]
Talk about this word "cuissette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuissette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cuissette. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuissette "cuissette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuissette.Cite this
@misc{cuissette_2026,
title = {cuissette},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuissette},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
