quisset

English

Etymology

Old French quisse (“thigh”), perhaps via Middle English quishete; compare cuisset (extnded form of cuisse), and quish (variant form of cuisse).

Noun

quisset (plural quissets)

1. Synonym of cuisse or cuissette.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 82:

     Quissets for the thighs.

Latin

Verb

quīsset

1. third-person singular pluperfect active subjunctive of queō