coudiere

• coudière

French coudière

• IPA^(key): /ˌkuˈdjɛəɹ/

coudiere (plural coudieres)

1. A couter (elbow armor).
   • 1853, British Archaeological Association, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, page 368:

     […] and from the waist hangs six taces; the limbs are armed, after the preceding fashion, with elongated palettes and fan-shaped coudieres; the long heavy sword is attached to a narrow belt which crosses diagonally; the gauntlets ...

   • 1896, John Potter Briscoe, John Ward, Frank Murray, The Notts. and Derbyshire Notes and Queries, page 35:

     THE "pauldrons," or shoulder defences, are distinguished in this example by their angular shape, and by the use of ridges to strengthen that on the left shoulder; and the "coudieres," or elbow-plates, are noticeable […]

   • 1914, Thoroton Society, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire:

     The male figure is much the same as that of Sir Gervase Clifton, except that the coudieres or elbow guards are of the exaggerated pattern found in many brasses of this time. These coudieres were apparently a question of fashion ...

   • 1972, Marvin H. Pakula, Heraldry and Armor of the Middle Ages, page 205:

     The coudieres became more intricate. The general lamination of metal plates became improved and some of these larger plates took on an ornamentation called fluting. These were decorative ridges that were embossed into the metal.