Definition of "chausson"
chausson
noun
plural chaussons
(historical) A piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg).
Quotations
This leg armour consisted of three parts — the chaussons with the genouilleres attached, the greaves or leg armour, and the solleret or armed shoe. The knee piece formed part of the chausson, and was strapped on the leg […]
1872, Octavius Morgan, Some Account of the Ancient Monuments in the Priory Church, Abergavenny, page 11
As the period advanced, the legs were covered with mail chaussons above the knee, and below it with chausses, which were made to cover the feet.
1907, British Museum, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, Guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the Specimens of Mediaeval and Later Times in the Gold Ornament Room, page 61
[…] were particularly vulnerable, the mail chaussons protecting the thighs were separated from the chausses which covered the lower part of the legs and these two were attached above and below to knee-caps, as described above.
1925, Derbyshire Archaeological Society, Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
(historical) A kind of slipper or sock.
Quotations
He leaned down and drew his sabots toward him from their place near the andirons, and slipped them over his chaussons; and as he straightened up, his eyes mechanically sought the mantel above, where in the dusk another pair of sabots stood, little, slender, delicate sabots, carved from red beech.
1897, Robert William Chambers, The Mystery of Choice, page 180
Almost certainly, the dark blue linen smock of the region and, by this date, dark woollen trousers, all woven in the family. Clogs on his feet, inside them thick wool chaussons, half socks and half slipper, dyed brown with walnut juice.
2014, Gillian Tindall, Celestine: Voices From A French Village, Henry Holt and Company
The deep blue garment was “ample,” with strongly marked folds, and fell from neck to feet without “any kind of girdle or compression at the waist.” The sleeves also were “ample” and fell over the hands. On the feet were chaussons ...
2018, Ingo Swann, The Great Apparitions of Mary: An Examination of Twenty-Two Supranormal Appearances, page 74
Quotations
Roll out and form the chaussons• Lightly dust a large flat work surface with all-purpose flour. Remove the puff pastry from the refrigerator. Place one sheet of puff pastry on the work surface.
2020, Melissa Weller, Carolynn Carreno, A Good Bake: The Art and Science of Making Perfect Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Breads at Home: A Cookbook, Knopf, page 188
But the pâté did not reach its highest excellence until some time afterwards, when Doyen, a pastry-cook of great genius, already celebrated for his chaussons of veal and inimitable apple-puffs, substituted the blacker, larger, and more fragrant truffle […]
2021, George H. Ellwanger, The Pleasures of the Table, Good Press