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cuisse

  [kwis]
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–noun Armor.
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
Also, cuish  [kwish] .

Origin:
1275–1325; earlier also cush, pl. cushies (the pl. cush(i)e-s misanalyzed as cush-(i)es), ME quissheu, kusheu, pl. quyssewes, cusschewis < OF quisseuz, cuisseus, pl. of cuissel, equiv. to cuisse thigh (< L coxa hipbone) + -el n. suffix
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cuisse   (kwĭs)   
n.  Plate armor worn to protect the front of the thigh.

[Middle English quisse, probably back-formation from quisseues, pl. of quisseu, cuisse, from Old French quisseuz, pl. of quissel, from quisse, thigh, from Latin coxa, hip.]
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