chausse

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French or Middle French chausse (“stocking, cloth covering the leg up to the thigh”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃoʊs/ === Noun === chausse (plural chausses) (historical) Armor for the legs, usually made of mail, either covering the entire leg from foot to thigh, or variously covering only the thigh or only the calf and foot, with the chausson covering the other half of the leg. 1907, British Museum, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, Guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the Specimens of Mediaeval and Later Times in the Gold Ornament Room, page 61: 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. (historical) A stocking, clothing covering the leg. ==== Related terms ==== chaussé === Anagrams === Chauses, chauses == Champenois == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chauce, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃos/ === Noun === chausse f (plural chausses) (Troyen) shoe === References === Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French chausse, from Old French chauce, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃos/ === Noun === chausse f (plural chausses) (historical, in the plural) stockings; hose; cloth tube(s) that go up to the top of the thighs straining bag, filter cloth (for wine) ==== Derived terms ==== chaussette ==== Related terms ==== chausson chaussure === Verb === chausse inflection of chausser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “chausse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French chauce. === Noun === chausse f (plural chausses) stocking (garment worn on the foot and leg) ==== Descendants ==== French: chausse == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === chausse m (definite singular chausseen, indefinite plural chausseer, definite plural chausseene) alternative spelling of chaussé == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === chausse m (definite singular chausseen, indefinite plural chaussear, definite plural chausseane) alternative spelling of chaussé