Example sentences from the Web for cuir-bouilli

The style was none other than a piecing together of the best features of chain mail, plate, and cuir-bouilli.
Chats on Military Curios|Stanley C. Johnson
When it had dried to a fitting hardness it was covered with cuir-bouilli, or boiled leather, which made it watertight.
On the Spanish Main|John Masefield
A ridged knee-defence of cuir-bouilli or plate enveloping the knee, over the mail.
Armour in England|J. Starkie Gardner
Cuir-bouilli, leather softened by boiling, during which process it took any form or impression required, and afterwards hardened.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams

cuir-bouilli

/ (ˌkwɪəbuːˈjiː) /

noun

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

Word Origin for cuir-bouilli

French, literally: boiled leather

Words nearby cuir-bouilli

Cuiabá, cui bono, cu. in., cuirass, cuirassier, cuir-bouilli, cuirie, Cuisenaire rod, Cuisinart, cuisine, cuisine minceur

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单词	cuir-bouilli
释义	Example sentences from the Web for cuir-bouilli The style was none other than a piecing together of the best features of chain mail, plate, and cuir-bouilli. Chats on Military Curios\|Stanley C. Johnson When it had dried to a fitting hardness it was covered with cuir-bouilli, or boiled leather, which made it watertight. On the Spanish Main\|John Masefield A ridged knee-defence of cuir-bouilli or plate enveloping the knee, over the mail. Armour in England\|J. Starkie Gardner Cuir-bouilli, leather softened by boiling, during which process it took any form or impression required, and afterwards hardened. Some Heroes of Travel\|W. H. Davenport Adams cuir-bouilli / (ˌkwɪəbuːˈjiː) / noun a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century Word Origin for cuir-bouilli French, literally: boiled leather Words nearby cuir-bouilli Cuiabá, cui bono, cu. in., cuirass, cuirassier, cuir-bouilli, cuirie, Cuisenaire rod, Cuisinart, cuisine, cuisine minceur Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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