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cod·piece  (kdps)
n.
A pouch at the crotch of the tight-fitting breeches worn by men in the 15th and 16th centuries.
[Middle English codpece : cod, bag, scrotum (from Old English codd, bag) + pece, piece; see piece.]
codpiece
Noun
History a bag covering the male genitals, attached to breeches [obsolete cod scrotum]
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Noun1.codpiece - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers - trousers ending above the knee
flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"


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Proudly displayed codpieces, after all, could be empty.
Manhood and the neutered body in early modern Spain by Behrend-Martinez, Edward / Journal of Social History
I hurried through the galleries of sarcophagi and burnished codpieces, not yet ready for them, needing something more familiar, accessible.
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