shineux
Middle English
Etymology
From shine (“shin”), probably by analogy with quisseux (see modern English cuisse).
Noun
shineux pl (plural only)
- armor for the shins
- 1439, Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls [...] of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guild-hall (1437-1457):
- [one pair of] shineux [with] quisseux, [3 s.].
- 1439, Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls [...] of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guild-hall (1437-1457):