hausse-col
English edit
Etymology edit
French hausse-col; see that entry for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hausse-col (plural hausse-cols)
- A gorget (armor for the neck and/or upper chest).
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hausse-col.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “hausse-col”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /os.kɔl/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun edit
hausse-col m (plural hausse-cols or hausse-col)
Further reading edit
- “hausse-col”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.