Etymograph

English

hoguine

Hoguine comes from French hoguine.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenthoguine
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1888same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenthoguine
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1888same form

Earliest quotation: 1888, François Rabelais: “Some polished corslets, varnished backs and breasts, cleaned the…”

The story

In earlier French texts the term denoted armor for the arms, thighs and/or lower legs; compare the Scots borrowing hogingis (1541), which the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines as "pieces of armour covering the arms, thighs and legs". Of uncertain origin; compare Old French hoguette (‘small barrel’), hoguinele, and French hoguiner (‘annoy, torment, molest; thwart’); the FEW connects hoguine, hoguiner and houguette to Old Norse haugr (‘hill’), but this is unconvincing from a semantic point of view.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from French hoguine

Today it means

noun An item of armor worn in the 16th century, consisting of overlapping lames to protect the buttocks.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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