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Then it went on to the greaves, the cuisses, and so up.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
This device," he went on, as he fitted the cuisses, "this device is not very worthy of Dom Galors.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The painting represented a light helmet, a gorget, a pair of arm pieces, a pair of iron gauntlets, a pair of cuirasses, a pair of cuisses and gambadoes, a sword, a knife, and a lance.
From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Vasari, Giorgio
Over the doublet he buckled on a breastplate, and probably a back piece, while his thighs were protected by cuisses of steel and his head by a plumed casque.
From Famous Firesides of French Canada by Alloway, Mary Wilson
He wore a jubon or close vest of crimson cloth, with cuisses or short skirts of yellow satin, a loose cassock of brocade, a rich Moorish scimetar, and a hat with plumes.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
