quisser

quisser

English

Noun

quisser (plural quissers)

1. Alternative form of cuisser: synonym of cuisse (“thigh-armor”)
   • 1848 (quoting an earlier work), George Ellis, Specimens of Early English Romances, page 106:

     First he fond him cloth and cradel, Tho he fond him stede and sadel; Helm, and briny, and hauberjoun, Saumbers, quissers, and aketoun.

   • 1890, London (England). Court of Husting, Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688: A.D. 1358-1688:

     […] quissers or cushes covered with cloth of camaca, for the protection of legs and thighs (I. 649); and lastly, a bequest of a targett or shield (II. 657), and of a bokeler covered with plates of silver ...