Definition of "chausse" [chausse]

• Armor for the legs, usually made of mail. (noun)

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• "The conical article hung from pegs on the wall is a chausse, or cheesecloth strainer."
• "Un pied chausse, et puis, l'autre nu, File a la maison, ivrogne!"
• "With the stone thus sacrificed, they repaired the breaches in their walls, and strengthened every tower, sowing "chausse-trappes," or sharp three-pronged irons in the fields all round the city."