cuissarts

John III. has his head encircled by the ducal crown, his hair long, his genouillières, cuissarts, &c., of plate armour.

Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

Armed as he was with corselet, cuissarts, and headpiece, he sank to trouble them no more.

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

I, the Fool, stood there as arrogant as any knight, whilst with his noble hands the Lord of Pesaro, kneeling, made secure the greaves upon my legs, the sollerets with golden spurs, the cuissarts and the genouilleres.

The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912