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Armour worn to protect the thighs
below could avoid these defenses. Thus, cuisses were worn on the thighs to protect from such blows. Padded cuisses made in a similar way to a gambeson were
Cuisses
Delicacies of French and Cantonese cuisine
Frog legs (French: Cuisses de grenouille) are the muscular hindlimbs of frogs that are consumed as food by humans in some cuisines. Frog legs are rich
Frog_legs
Armour for the knee
leggings or plate cuisses. During the fifteenth century poleyns developed an articulated construction that attached to the cuisses and schynbalds or greaves
Poleyn
Body armour for the upper thighs
the 16th century onward, the tassets were sometimes integrated with the cuisses to create fully articulated leg defenses that continued from the lower
Tassets
Type of armour
mail was made only as cuisses, but soon by the beginning of 16th century plated mail was utilized in both pauldrons and cuisses, as they could better
Laminar_armour
1976 French film
The Wing or the Thigh, from the French L'aile ou la cuisse (French pronunciation: [lɛ.lu.la.kɥis]) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi
The_Wing_or_the_Thigh
Late Middle Ages European plate armour
(back and breastplate) with a fauld, tassets and a culet, a mail skirt, cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons.[citation needed] Unlike its predecessors
White_armour
Order of amphibians
French cuisses de grenouille
Frog
1980 French film
On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (literally Jupiter's thigh was stolen) is a 1980 French movie], starring Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret, and directed
Jupiter's_Thigh
Light pink Alba rose cultivar
in spring only. This cultivar is known by many other names, including 'Cuisse de Nymphe', 'Incarnata', 'Maiden's Blush' and 'Loyalist'. Garden Historians
Rosa_'Great_Maiden's_Blush'
Honorary title awarded for service to a state or church
enclose the leg in the form of enclosed greaves. As for the upper legs, cuisses came about in the mid 14th century. Overall, plate armour offered better
Knight
1605–1615 novel by Miguel de Cervantes
reference to a horse's rump. As a military term, the word quijote refers to cuisses, part of a full suit of plate armour protecting the thighs. The Spanish
Don_Quixote
Armour for the legs
fully enclosed the leg and were being combined with poleyns and early cuisses, making leather prototypes of these iron components obsolete. Walker 2013
Chausses
Armour consisting of strips of metal
century as part of transitional armour, where it was also used to form cuisses and rerebraces. While a few complete suits of armour have been found made
Splint_armour
Central European fritter
end of the dough making them resemble cloven hoofs. Other names include cuisses de dames ("women's thighs") in France. A reference to Schenkele can be
Schenkele
his time as a warlord. It consists of a helmet, breastplate, greaves, cuisses, gauntlets, and metal boots. He discards the armor following his attack
Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Features_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
Les Aiglons was a 1970s Guadeloupean cadence band. Their single "Cuisse-la" was the greatest selling record of any Antillean band until Kassav's Zouk la
Les_Aiglons
Empress of the French from 1804 to 1810
pseudo-scientific cultivar names. For instance, R. alba incarnata became "Cuisse de Nymphe Emue" in her garden. After Joséphine's death in 1814 the house
Joséphine_de_Beauharnais
Personal body armour made from metal plates
(breastplate and backplate) with a fauld, tassets and a culet, a mail skirt, cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and sabatons. The very fullest sets, known as garnitures
Plate_armour
French actress (born 1955)
jouisseuses Marianne 1978 Étreintes 1978 Bouches expertes Claudine 1978 Cuisses infernales Jocelyne 1978 Chaude et perverse Emilia 1978 La mouillette 1978
Brigitte_Lahaie
Armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan
(mask), kote (armoured sleeves), sune-ate (greaves), and the hai-date (cuisses). The ō-yoroi combines plate and scales (kozane) laced together (lamellar)
Ō-yoroi
The French term for this hypothetical custom is droit de cuissage (from cuisse: thigh). du jour lit. "of the day": said of something fashionable or hip
Glossary of French words and expressions in English
Glossary_of_French_words_and_expressions_in_English
Infantry employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan
(armored hoods), kote (armored sleeves), suneate (greaves), and haidate (cuisses). The warfare of the Sengoku period (15th and 16th centuries) required
Ashigaru
Type of armour
tatami-do are. According to Bobrov the first mail and plate armor appeared as cuisses in the Middle East, and were imported by the Golden Horde. Persian miniatures
Mail_and_plate_armour
Greek island in the Ionian Sea
from the original on 29 August 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2024. On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980) - Filming & production - IMDb, archived from the original
Corfu
Type of heavy cavalry that wore a cuirass
pistols. Long tassets, instead of a combination of short tassets with cuisses, protected the front of the thighs and knees, and riding boots were substituted
Cuirassier
French actor and comedian (1914–1983)
wrote for him a new character full of nuances and frankness in L'aile ou la cuisse (1976), which is arguably one of the best of his roles. Later, De Funès'
Louis_de_Funès
French bishop and theologian
Jean Courtecuisse (c.1350, Le Mans - 4 March 1423, Geneva) was a French bishop and theologian, who was elected bishop of Paris and bishop of Geneva. He
Jean_Courtecuisse
Supposed sexual right of medieval lords
or, more commonly, droit de cuissage (French: [dʁwa d(ə) kɥisaʒ], from cuisse, 'thigh').[citation needed] The term is often used synonymously with jus
Droit_du_seigneur
Ancient Greek social class, those who could afford to do service as cavalry
metal helmet, and their coat of mail, their metal-fringed kilts, their cuisses reaching to the knee and their leather leggings. They did not take shields
Hippeis
2001 video game
August 2, 2025 – via Wayback Machine. Guérin, Brian (May 16, 2002). "Test : Cuisses de grenouille sur PS2". Gamekult. TF1 Group. Archived from the original
Frogger:_The_Great_Quest
French film director (1933–2004)
Dear Detective (Tendre Poulet) in 1978 and Jupiter's Thigh (On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter) in 1980 with Philippe Noiret and Annie Girardot, and finally
Philippe_de_Broca
Southeast Asian form of kebab
satay sauce also demonstrates the same trend. The fusion French cuisine Cuisses de Grenouilles Poelees au Satay, Chou-fleur Croquant is actually frog legs
Satay
Polish heavy cavalry from the 16th to 18th centuries
vambrace, for forearm protection. A towarzysz also could wear tasset hip, cuisse thigh, and poleyn knee protection, underneath a thigh-length coat of mail
Polish_hussars
covering only the front from 1310 onwards it protected the whole lower leg. Cuisse Introduced in the early 13th century they first were made of quilted and
List of medieval armour components
List_of_medieval_armour_components
Clothing worn from the waist or hips
below the breastplate. It covered the straps attaching the upper legs iron cuisse to the breastplate. Technological advances in weaving in the 13th–15th century
Skirt
Argentine-born French film director and writer (1931–2020)
title Les Films de ma vie/The Films of My Life.) In January 2005 her novel Cuisses de grenouille was released by Maren Sell, for which Kaplan prepared a film
Nelly_Kaplan
Brazilian children's telenovela
Tolipan. Retrieved 10 April 2022. "Confira entrevista exclusiva com Renan Cuisse, protagonista da série 'Eu Já Sabia Que Você Existia'". Retrieved 10 April
Carrossel
Armor originating from Japan
Boeheim Leipzig 1890: 1. Cuirass - dō (胴(仏胴)) 2. Fauld - kusazuri (草摺) 3. Cuisse - haidate (佩楯) 4. Poleyn - tateage (立挙) 5. Greaves - suneate (臑当(篠臑当)) 6
Japanese_armour
du Pied de Grue [fr] Le père Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan 1980 On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (a.k.a. Jupiter's Thigh) Antoine Lemercier Philippe de Broca
Philippe_Noiret_filmography
1513 battle between England and Scotland
Scottes" and carrying it York and to Windsor. James's banner, sword and his cuisses (thigh-armour), were taken to the shrine of Saint Cuthbert at Durham Cathedral
Battle_of_Flodden
Compact car produced by American Motors Corporation
product placement in the hit French film The Wing or the Thigh (L'aile ou la cuisse), driven by the French actor Coluche. The Golden Girls sitcom during the
AMC_Pacer
Belgian footballer (born 1991)
Football Association. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2026. "Touché à la cuisse droite, Thomas Meunier incertain pour l'Euro 2024". L'Équipe. 8 June 2024
Thomas_Meunier
Animal flesh produced by culturing cells
fatto l'uovo (Death Laid an Egg) and Claude Zidi's 1976 comedy L'aile ou la cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh). "Man-made" chickens also appear in David Lynch's
Cultured_meat
Factors affecting crops
recognition is a plot turning point in the 1976 French comedy L'aile ou la cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh) with Louis de Funès. In 2014 Keith Carradine starred
Terroir
Skirt-like garments worn by men and boys
below the breastplate. It covered the straps attaching the upper legs iron cuisse to the breastplate. Other similar garments worn by men around the world
Men's_skirts
Technology used in medieval Europe
up a full suit consisted of a cuirass, a gorget, vambraces, gauntlets, cuisses, greaves, and sabatons held together by internal leather straps. Improved
Medieval_technology
2014 novel by Patrick Grainville
artist, rebel and loving, Two Coloured Bird, the ambiguous shaman, and Cuisses, the amazing squaw who saved her life. George Catlin painted continuously
Bison_(novel)
named Bullfrog. Frogs are eaten, notably in France. One dish is known as cuisses de grenouille, frogs' legs, and although it is not especially common, it
Frogs_in_culture
National coat of arms
pee. (in modern French: De gules avec trois jambes armées avec tous les cuisses et chaque un coin soit unie – "Of gules with three legs in armour with
Coat of arms of the Isle of Man
Coat_of_arms_of_the_Isle_of_Man
1956 studio album by Franck Pourcel And His French Strings
("The Earlobes") "La Chevelure" ("The Hair") "Le Mollet" ("The Calf") "Les Cuisses" ("The Thighs") "La Nuque" ("The Neck") "Les Baxter, Franck Pourcel And
Les_Baxter's_La_Femme
1884 novel by Rachilde
saying it also opened its thighs ("en même temps qu'il fait s'écarter les cuisses"). When the 1889 French edition was put together, the rest of the so-called
Monsieur_Vénus
Subprefecture and commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Richard R.A.S [fr] (Nothing to Report) (1973) by Yves Boisset L'aile ou la cuisse (1976) with Louis de Funès and Coluche L'Avare (1980) with Louis de Funès
Senlis
French double bassist, arranger and bandleader
1959, with the title Mah Jong Cha Cha, or for Fernand Raynaud in 1965 (Cuisses de grenouille, co-written with Micheline Schotsmans). He also composed
Robert_Quibel
Collection of Latin glosses on the Vulgate Bible
*/ˈlassʊs/ Fr. las Occ. las femur thigh — coxa CL for 'hip'. PR. */ˈkɔksa/ Fr. cuisse Occ. cuèissa Cat. cuixa Sp. cuja Pt. cuxa Pie. cheussa Rms. cossa Vgl. copsa
Reichenau_Glossary
d'aimer 5,912,404 1970 65 My New Partner 5,882,397 1984 66 L'Aile ou la cuisse 5,842,400 1976 67 Le Bossu 5,826,584 1959 68 Les Anges gardiens 5,793,034
List of highest-grossing films in France
List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_France
Ambassadeurs, by Naceur Ktari Peur sur la ville, by Henri Verneuil L'aile ou la cuisse, by Claude Zidi C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch Un éléphant ça
List_of_films_set_in_Paris
Romanian musician (born 1940)
(Yves et Danièle) pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (1999) L'Aile ou la Cuisse (Concerto gastronomique) pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (2003) Le Père
Vladimir_Cosma
16th-century European battle
that field to Sidney's bright career". Sidney allegedly had removed his cuisses when he saw that William Pelham was not wearing any. However, by the 1590s
Battle_of_Zutphen
AllMovie. Retrieved November 29, 2017. Pavlides, Dan. "Overview: On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter". AllMovie. Retrieved February 15, 2010. Kagemusha l'ombre du
List of adventure films of the 1980s
List_of_adventure_films_of_the_1980s
French actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre and film director
The Birthday Party Harold Pinter 1988 La Cagnotte Eugène Labiche 1990 La Cuisse du steward Jean-Michel Ribes 1994 Brèves de comptoir Jean-Marie Gourio Nominated
Jean-Michel_Ribes
French stage comedian and film actor (1944–1986)
fermés de l'intérieur Inspector Charbonnier Patrice Leconte L'aile ou la cuisse Gérard Duchemin Claude Zidi 1977 Drôles de zèbres The chef Guy Lux Cameo
Coluche
jambes, les muscles du tronc crispés sous l'effort pour retenir sur la cuisse l'outre pleine, donc pesante, et diriger le jet d'eau là où il faut. L'attitude
Tagarrabt
Concept in linguistics
gouvernail, maille /œj tʁœj ɡuvɛʁnaj maj/ with cŏxam, nŏctem, axem, factum > cuisse, nuit, ais, fait /kɥis nɥi ɛ fɛ/. In the dialect of Non, a vowel was later
Palatalization in the Romance languages
Palatalization_in_the_Romance_languages
Component of late antique armor
if they formed part of a limb armor or a cuirass. Fragments of the upper cuisse (thigh-guard) of an iron manica for the leg have been found in the excavations
Manica_(armguard)
Book by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
charity Il reste simplement assis en tailleur, les mains posées sur ses cuisses, le buste bien droit, le regard fixé devant lui, légèrement à gauche. He
Fantômes_dans_la_rue
of the Bund family was blazoned "Gules, three eagle's legs erased à la cuisse, two and one, or". Burke's Landed Gentry 14th ed. (reprint of 1921 ed.)
Bund_family_of_Wick_Episcopi
French novelist (born 1977)
aufeminin.com. Emmanuèle Peyret (4 May 2018). "Virginie Grimaldi et " la cuisse de Crésus "". next.liberation.fr. "" Il est grand temps de rallumer les
Virginie_Grimaldi
Extinct language of Brazil
gwiri 'fingernail' ventre belly mudô awicha fesses buttocks coquibi djisu cuisses thighs botiti akwacha 'hip, thigh' genou knee cofi orokoda tibia tibia
Katembri_language
inaugurated on Easter Day 1990 under the auspices of the Confrérie des Tastes-Cuisses de Grenouilles de Vittel (Fraternity of the Frogs' Legs Tasters of Vittel)
Pâté_lorrain
Phonetic changes in the French language
nuit /nɥi/ "night"; hodiē > /ˈɔje/ > hui /ɥi/ "today"; coxa > /ˈkɔisə/ > cuisse /kɥis/ "thigh" /oi/ all /oi/ /oi/ > /wɛ/ /wa/ oi bvxitam > /ˈboista/ > boîte
Phonological history of French
Phonological_history_of_French
Portuguese footballer (born 1978)
Retrieved 31 October 2024. Leauthier, Alain (22 April 2002). "Bordeaux a de la cuisse" [Bordeaux have the punch]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 31 October
Bruno_Basto
French television and radio presenter (born 1929)
(1965, dialogues) A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) .... Himself L'aile ou la cuisse (1976) .... himself as TV presenter Un homme libre, 1995 Philippe Bouvard
Philippe_Bouvard
English soldier
was the desire to emulate him that made Sir Philip Sidney lay aside his cuisses and so to receive the wound that caused his death. He was entrusted with
William_Pelham_(soldier)
History of Le Lude, France
several megalithic complexes. One such complex is the dolmen, known as "de Cuissé", located on the Le Lude territory. However, this dolmen was destroyed in
History_of_Le_Lude
French film director and screenwriter
Jane Birkin. Zidi next directed Louis de Funès and Coluche in L'Aile ou la cuisse (The Wing or the Thigh, 1976) which was a great box-office success and came
Claude_Zidi
French restaurateur
Jacques Tricatel in the 1976 French film The Wing or the Thigh (L'Aile ou la Cuisse), based on the confrontation between traditional French cuisine and fast
Jacques_Borel_(businessman)
Legendary short sword
saddlebow) then the sword struck the horse, through the thigh (or rather cuisse, thigh armour) to the shoulder, so that the "stallion falls". Aumont then
Cortain
French actor
Vincent in "Papy fait de la resistance", Jacques Tricatel in "L'Aile ou la cuisse," who had donned the police colonel's uniform in "Z", of Costa-Gavras, Who
Julien_Guiomar
French actor
Year Title Role Director 1976 L'aile ou la cuisse Circus guy Claude Zidi 1977 Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine The White Knight Coluche 1979 Heroes
Gérard_Lanvin
Record label
Eric Barret Philip Barry Claude Barthélémy Abdou Beckouri Fanfan Belles Cuisses Roquet Belles Oreilles Mourad Benhammou Abdelhaï Bennani Yves Berg Dominique
Futura_Records
Congolese musical group
2008-2012 Stéphanie Nguya, from 2008-2012 Blandine Bilengi, from 2009-2011 Cuisse De Poulet, from 2009-2011 Fatou Le Cœur, from 2009-2013 Joyce Bebeta, from
Quartier_Latin_International
French hurdler and sprinter
from the original on 26 July 2014. "Wilhem Belocian, toujours blessé à une cuisse, doit renoncer aux Championnats du monde de Pékin". L'Équipe. 7 August 2015
Wilhem_Belocian
English courtier
Greenwich style with a high visor and a raised crest; articulated tassets and cuisses, and cris-crossing strips of blued steel inlaid with elaborate gold designs
James_Scudamore_(courtier)
Ghanaian footballer (born 1982)
Retrieved 14 June 2020. "OLIVIER MONTERRUBIO VICTIME D'UNE DÉCHIRURE À LA CUISSE GAUCHE" (in French). Stade Rennais FC. 21 August 2006. Archived from the
John_Mensah
French actor (1944–2018)
Les conquistadores (1976) - Le bagarreur de la République L'Aile ou la cuisse (1976) - Le faux plombier Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977) - Lecca -
Yves_Afonso
French screenwriter and film director (1920-1985)
by Charles Gérard Le Guignolo, directed by Georges Lautner On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter, directed by Philippe de Broca 1980 : Le Coucou, directed by
Michel_Audiard
2008 battle during the War in Afghanistan
Retrieved 5 September 2008. Follorou, Jacques (21 August 2008). "Blessé à la cuisse, un légionnaire du 2e REP meurt en portant secours à ses camarades". Le
Uzbin_Valley_ambush
1992 studio album by Gong
Tête" (Malherbe, Maitra) − 4:41 "Mother's Gone" (Allen) − 1:12 "Éléphant la Cuisse" (Malherbe, Clark) − 3:26 "White Doves" (Viraj, Sunsinger) − 5:24 "Gnomoutro"
Shapeshifter_(Gong_album)
French actress and director (born 1977)
Ribes 2021 Feuilleton Goldoni Carlo Goldoni Muriel Mayette-Holtz 2022 La Cuisse du steward Jean-Michel Ribes Mériam Korichi & Joséphine de Meaux 2023 Sur
Joséphine_de_Meaux
Secret intelligence operation
is a cafe next door to the original SUSSEX Cafe, called "La Côte ou La Cuisse." Smith, Richard Harris (1972). OSS : the Secret History of America's First
Operation_SUSSEX
French cartoonist
qui, ce soir? (1999) 3. Pour qui sonne le gras? (1999) 4. L'aile ou la cuisse? (2000) 5. Crannibal pursuit (2001) 6. Abracada...Miam! (2002) 7. Crunch
Jean-Claude_Fournier
French filmmaker and producer (1922-2012)
(Attention, je vais jouir) 1979 : Nicole par dessus, par dessous 1979 : Anna cuisses entrouvertes 1979 : Je te suce, tu me suces, il nous... 1980 : Hurlements
José_Bénazéraf
February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2013. Fountain, Clarke. "L'aile ou la cuisse". Allmovie. Retrieved June 11, 2013. Curti, Roberto; Lafond, Frank (2026)
List_of_French_films_of_1976
Theatre in Paris, France
Michèle Lavalard led the théâtre succeeded by Niels Arestrup. In 1990 La Cuisse du Steward by Jean-Michel Ribes was premiered, and in 1994 Un Air de Famille
Théâtre_de_la_Renaissance
Belgian comic book series
17 : Poulet sans selle (1995) Volume 18 : Poulet rôti (1996) Volume 19 : Cuisses de poulet (1997) Volume 20 : Chair de poule (1998) Volume 21 : Ailes de
Agent_212
French surgeon
fibro-graisseuse du poids de 5 kilogr., développée à la partie interne de la cuisse, opération, guérison, 1869 Des maladies des ovaires et de l'ovariotomie
Eugène_Koeberlé
French film producer, screenwriter and film director (1944–2008)
Calmos (dir. Bertrand Blier) 1976 : The Wing or the Thigh (L'Aile ou la Cuisse) (dir. Claude Zidi) 1977 : L'Animal (dir. Claude Zidi) 1978 : La Zizanie
Christian_Fechner
French group of musicians, comedians, and actors
appeared with them in a small part in Le Grand Bazar), renamed L'Aile ou la Cuisse and became a huge hit, launching Coluche's film career. With no producer
Les_Charlots
Title in the Peerage of Ireland
Bells conjoined thereto in quadrangle Or. Crest: A Falcon’s Leg erased à-la-cuisse proper, belled Or. Supporters: On either side a Falcon wings inverted proper
Earl_of_Roden
CUISSES
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Making efforts
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Farsi, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Glorious Coquetry
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Jehovah has established.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Very Bight
Boy/Male
British, English, Swedish
High-born; Brilliant; Noble; Bright; Famous
Boy/Male
English
Ruler or lives on the bare hill.
Girl/Female
American, British, Chinese, English, Irish
Brave; Alert; A Phonetic Form of the Initials Kc; Similar to the Irish Name Casey; Vigorous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Devon, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, and East Yorkshire, all so named from Old English fūl ‘dirty’, ‘muddy’ + ford ‘ford’.
Girl/Female
Australian, Mexican
Only One; Unique
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