different between chauses vs chausse

English

Noun

chauses

1. plural of chaus

Anagrams

• chausse, chaussé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chausse or Middle French chausse.

Noun

chausse (plural chausses)

1. (historical) Armor for the legs, usually made of mail.
   • 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 76:

     The hauberk is shown continuous with the coif; the legs are protected by chausses of some pliable material, thickly covered with protective studs.

Anagrams

• Chauses, chauses

French

Etymology

From Middle French chausse, from Old French chauce, chauces, from Vulgar Latin *calcea, from the feminine of Latin calceus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?os/

Noun

chausse f (plural chausses)

1. (historical, in the plural) stockings; hose
2. straining bag, filter cloth (for wine)

Derived terms

• chaussette

Verb

chausse

1. first-person singular present indicative of chausser
2. third-person singular present indicative of chausser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chausser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of chausser
5. second-person singular imperative of chausser

Further reading

• “chausse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chauce, chauces.

Noun

chausse f (plural chausses)

1. stocking (garment worn on the foot and leg)

Descendants

• French: chausse

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

chausse m (definite singular chausseen, indefinite plural chausseer, definite plural chausseene)

1. alternative spelling of chaussé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

chausse m (definite singular chausseen, indefinite plural chaussear, definite plural chausseane)

1. alternative spelling of chaussé