• (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.
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Quir'boil·ly` (kwĭr'boi*lē`)
noun [ Middle English
cuir bouilli .] Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. [ Obsolete] 'His jambeux were of
quyrboilly .'
Chaucer. Found on
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