quirboilly

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

French cuir bouilli, "boiled leather".

Noun [edit]

quirboilly (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, Chaucer) Leather softened by boiling and shaped before it hardens, formerly used for armour.
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=quirboilly&oldid=13408450"