chausson
/ʃoʊˈsɔn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.24 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This leg armour consisted of three parts — the chaussons with the genouilleres attached, the greaves or leg armour, and the solleret or armed shoe. The knee piece formed part of the chausson, and was strapped on the leg […]"
- "There is also one pair of mail chaussons, or coverings for the legs. The sabatons were the armed coverings for the feet, which at this period were separate from the leg defences, of which in the early sixteenth century they so often […]"
- "As the period advanced, the legs were covered with mail chaussons above the knee, and below it with chausses, which were made to cover the feet."
- "[…] were particularly vulnerable, the mail chaussons protecting the thighs were separated from the chausses which covered the lower part of the legs and these two were attached above and below to knee-caps, as described above."
- "He leaned down and drew his sabots toward him from their place near the andirons, and slipped them over his chaussons; and as he straightened up, his eyes mechanically sought the mantel above, where in the dusk another pair of sabots stood, little, slender, delicate sabots, carved from red beech."
- "She was on her feet in an instant with wide eyes and parted lips " Mon Dieu ! What agony ! […] her chaussons and stole across the lane in her stocking feet, always alert and watchful."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: chausson