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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: armor plate that protects the thigh

Merriam Webster's

also cuish noun Etymology: Middle English cusseis, plural, from Anglo-French quisez, plural of quissel, from quisse thigh, from Latin coxa hip — more at coxa Date: 15th century a piece of plate armor for the front of the thigh — see armor illustration

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also cuish) (usu. in pl.) hist. thigh armour. Etymology: ME, f. OF cuisseaux pl. of cuissel f. LL coxale f. coxa hip

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cuish Cuish (kw?s), n. [F. cuisse thigh, fr. L. coxa hip: cf. F. cuissard, OF, cuissot, armor for the thigh, cuish. Cf. Hough.] Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also cuisse, and quish.]