tuille
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- armor plate that protects the hip and thighType of armor plate, armour platePart of body armor, plate armor
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tuille (twĭl), noun
Origin: Cf. F. tuile a tile.
In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54