hausse-col

English

Etymology

French hausse-col; see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)oʊs.kɑl/, /(h)oʊs.kɔl/

Noun

hausse-col (plural hausse-cols)

1. A gorget (armor for the neck and/or upper chest).
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hausse-col.

See also

• hausse, col

Further reading

• “hausse-col”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Uncertain. Early spellings include housecol and houscot; the current spelling is due to folk etymology (see hausser, col). It has been suggested that the origin is Middle Dutch *halskote, given the French word's early attestation in Flanders, but the Dutch word is not attested.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /os.kɔl/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

hausse-col m (plural hausse-cols or hausse-col)

1. (historical) gorget, neckpiece

Further reading

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