chausses

The long feet in their well-fitted brown chausses made no sound.

Wealthier men often wore chausses as well, which only covered the legs.

Chausses offered flexible protection that was effective against slashing weapons.

Why, he wondered, had she chosen to wear chausses and not a lady's gown?

Chausses were also giving way to form-fitting hose, which covered the legs and feet.

Over his own hose Jeremy pulled chain mail chausses.

These early plate additions were worn over chausses and held in place with leather straps.

His boots came next, followed by the tattered strips of his chausses.

Chausses became obsolete in the 14th century as plate armour developed.

Hose or chausses worn with braies and tied to a belt, 1440.

Short-sleeved, it covered his torso to mid-thigh, extending over the tops of the chausses.

Adam rose and hitched at his chausses, stamping off the dust of travel a little stiffly.

Hose or chausses made out of wool were used to cover the legs, and were generally brightly colored.

Men pruning grapevines wear short tunics and chausses.

The French equivalent was chausses.

A dense, curling mat of hair covered his chest and belly, disappearing into his chausses.

The earliest poleyns were strapped over mail chausses.

Schynbalds were metal plates strapped over chausses.

By the time of the Renaissance, braies had become shorter to accommodate longer styles of chausses.

"And the chausses?"

Chausses were the standard type of metal leg armour during most of the European Middle Ages.

He was still wearing her father's patched chausses and cotte, the short, rusty brown one she had mended for him; it needed more mending now.

Zar pulled on the snug-fitting hose that protected the skin from chafing, then slid the chausses up like long stockings.

He stood gazing at her for a moment, still clad in his sherte and chausses, his dark eyes sweeping over her from head to foot.

That individual was holding hands with another Andorian outfitted similarly to the guards she'd met at the keep with the chausses, tunic, breastplate, and gauntlets.