genouillère
English
Etymology
French genouillère, from Old French genoilliere, which was also borrowed earlier as Middle English genulere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/
Noun
genouillère (plural genouillères)
- (historical) A metal plate used as armour for the knee.
- Synonym: kneepiece
- Part of a parapet lying between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.
Further reading
- genouillère in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
From Old French genoilliere; see genou.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒə.nu.jɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
genouillère f (plural genouillères)
- knee pad
Further reading
- “genouillère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.