hoguine

Etymology
From (or a Middle or Old French predecessor), which by the mid-1600s denoted a culet. In earlier French texts the term denoted armor for the arms, thighs and/or lower legs; compare the 🇨🇬 borrowing (1541), which the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines as "pieces of armour covering the arms, thighs and legs".

Of uncertain origin; compare, , and ; the  connects hoguine, hoguiner and houguette to , but this is unconvincing from a semantic point of view.

Noun

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

Noun

 * 1) * 1542, Œuvres de [François] Rabelais: Édition conforme aux derniers textes ... (Pierre Jannet). page 217:
 * "fr"
 * "fr"

- bruyt estoit que le bæuf salé faisoit trouver le vin sans chandelle, et feust il caiché au fond d'un sac de charbonnier, houzé et bardé avecques le chanfrain et hoguines requises à bien fricasser rusterie, c'est teste de mouton.