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chausses

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chausses [ʃəʊs]
n
(Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (functioning as singular) a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail
[from Old French chauces, plural of chauce leg-covering, from Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus shoe, from calx heel]


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Doctoral thesis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausses, Marne-la-Vallee, France.
les services urbains municipaux qui ont un lien direct avec les trottoirs et chausses tels que le Service des travaux publics, le Service de l'aqueduc, etc.
These words were written by Charles Cazalet in a 1908 letter to the mayor of Bordeaux, but they reflected similar remarks made in a 1906 article in l'Economist francais by Emile Cheysson, Inspecteur general des Ponts et Chausses, and an important figure in French poor relief.
 
 
 
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