chausses

[ shohs ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. medieval armor of mail for the legs and feet.
2. tights worn by men in medieval times over the legs and feet.

chausses

/ ʃəʊs /

noun

1. functioning as singular a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail

Word History and Origins

Origin of chausses¹

1350–1400; Middle English chauces < Middle French, plural of chauce ≪ Latin calceus shoe, equivalent to calc- (stem of calx ) heel + -eus -eous

Word History and Origins

Origin of chausses¹

C15: from Old French chauces, plural of chauce leg-covering, from Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus shoe, from calx heel

Example Sentences

Ancient Egyptians had schenti, Romans wore subligaculum, and the Medieval world embraced braies and chausses before the introduction of the codpiece during the Renaissance.

From National Geographic

Some also wore chausses, or leggings and, by the 15th century, the two pieces more or less became one.

From National Geographic

American Airlines apologized to the Chausses in a statement.

From Washington Times

It comprises whole suits of armour, consisting of hauberks, chausses, surcoats, baldricks, breast-plates, back-plates, chain-mail sleeves and skirts, gauntlets, helmets, frontlets, vamplates, flanchards, p. 79and other pieces known to the old armourers. 

From Project Gutenberg

Chausses, shōs, or shō′sez, n.pl. any closely fitting covering for the legs, hose generally: the defence-pieces for the legs in ancient armour.—n.

From Project Gutenberg