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cuissel1 (c.1250)
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cuissel1 (c.1250)

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quissel  (quyssewe,  quysshewe  TNA PRO E163/6/13, m.2r. );
pl. quiseuz,  quisseaux,  quisseus,  quisseux,  quysseux  
  FEW:  coxa 2/ii,1261a Gdf:  cuissel 2,398c / cuisseul 2,399a GdfC: ∅ TL: cuissel 2,1143 DEAF:  cuisse 1 (cuissel)  DMF:  cuissel  / cuisseul  TLF:  cuisseau  OED: ∅ MED:  quisseu n.  DMLBS:  cuissellus 528b

The deviant forms quyssewe and quysshewe are singular forms which derive from the plural form cuisseus; cf. Middle English quisseu.

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1costumebreeches, undergarment that covers the upper legs: 
( MS: c.1250 )  De vestibus thori vel lecti: [...] Hoc texale: quissel; Hoc antepedale: avantpé [...]  TLL i 424.339
( MS: s.xiiiex )  cruralia: (C) quiseuz (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) quisers, huses;  (L: s.xiii) esses )  TLL ii 127.9
♦armourmil.cuisse, armour for protecting the upper leg or thigh: 
( 1303-04 )  qu’il returnerent les armures enteirement, dount il ne rendist [...] qe un aketon, un gaumbesoun, unes trapes, quisseaux e greves pointes [...]  Northumb 87
( 1315 )  [...] ceo est assaver .j. aketon, .j. gaumbeyson, .j. peyre des quisseus [...]  Cardiff Records 58
( 1398-99 )  Item, .ix. pair' harnoys pur jambe pleins dont .j. sanz quyssewe, pris de chescun .iij. s. .iiij. d.  TNA E163/6/13, m.2r
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  [...] autre armure, cestassaver basynet ou lumbrere et la ventaile, pisseins, platez, haburgion, v[a]mbras, rerebras, quisseux et gauntez de plate [...]  Liber Donati (D) 26.332
2anat.(in error?) upper leg, thigh (from hip to knee): 
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  J’ay auxi lez jambes ou l’assure, Quysseux et lez genules, nages et la forcheure  Man lang ANTS 78.10
cuissel de braies
costume(women’s) breeches, undergarment that covers the upper legs: 
( MS: c.1250 )  De vestibus mulierum: [...] hec perizomata: quissel de brais  TLL i 417

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See also:

cuisse  cuissel2  cuissette  cuissier  cuisson  cuissot 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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