cuissard

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwisɑɹ(d)/

Noun

cuissard (plural cuissards)

1. An armor leg-guard or thigh-guard.

   Coordinate term: cuisse

   • 1843, Magic, Magic and Mesmerism: An Episode of the Eighteenth Century, and Other Tales, page 212:

     His looks anxiously followed the men as, upon given signals, they disappeared and returned with a fresh supply of cuissards, brassards, gorgets, knee and breast plates, groaning under the weight […]

Alternative forms

• cuissart

Related terms

• cuisse, cuissette

French

Etymology

From cuisse +‎ -ard.

Noun

cuissard m (plural cuissards)

1. leg guard, thigh guard

Related terms

• cuisse

Further reading

• “cuissard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.