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Definition of Cuisses

cuisse
Cuish Cuish (kw?s), n. [F. cuisse thigh, fr. L. coxa hip: cf. F. cuissard, OF, cuissot, armor for the thigh, cuish. Cf. Hough.] Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also cuisse, and quish.]

Meaning of Cuisses from wikipedia

- below could avoid these defenses. Thus, cuisses were worn on the thighs to protect from such blows. Padded cuisses made in a similar way to a gambeson were...
- Frog legs (French: Cuisses de grenouille) are consumed as food in some cuisines. In French cuisine, they have been considered a national delicacy since...
- leggings or plate cuisses. During the fifteenth century poleyns developed an articulated construction that attached to the cuisses and schynbalds or greaves...
- the 16th century onward, the t****ets were sometimes integrated with the cuisses to create fully articulated leg defenses that continued from the lower...
- mail was made only as cuisses, but soon by the beginning of 16th century plated mail was utilized in both pauldrons and cuisses, as they could better...
- The Wing or the Thigh, from the French L'aile ou la cuisse (French pronunciation: [lɛ.lu.la.kɥis]) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi...
- saying it also opened its thighs ("en meme temps quil fait s'ecarter les cuisses"). When the 1889 French edition was put together, the rest of the so-called...
- century as part of transitional armour, where it was also used to form cuisses and rerebraces. While a few complete suits of armour have been found made...
- pseudo-scientific cultivar names. For instance, R. alba incarnata became "Cuisse de Nymphe Emue" in her garden. After Joséphine's death in 1814 the house...
- French cuisses de grenouille...