English Explanatory Dictionary

genouillère

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metal plate used as armour for the knee.
  2. Part of a parapet lying between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

Pronunciation

/ʒə.nu(l).jɛəɹ/

Word forms

genouillère genouillères

Etymology

From French genouillère, from Old French genoilliere, which was also borrowed earlier as Middle English genulere.

Synonyms

kneepiece
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