cuisses

A piece of armor worn to protect the thigh.

Other elements of leg armor

• Poleyn, for the knees.
• Greaves, for the shins.
• Sabaton, for the feet.

See also

• List of armor
• Faulds, segmented skirt-like plate armor
• tassets, additional plates hanging from the faulds or breastplate
• Kusazuri, Japanese equivalent of the faulds

External links

• Wikipedia: Cuisses