cuir-bouilli

/ ˌkwɪəbuːˈjiː /

noun

1. a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuir-bouilli¹

French, literally: boiled leather

Example Sentences

When it had dried to a fitting hardness it was covered with cuir-bouilli, or boiled leather, which made it watertight.

From Project Gutenberg