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cuir-bouilli

noun
cuir-bouil·​li | \ ¦kwir(ËŒ)bü¦yÄ“\
plural -s

Definition of cuir-bouilli

: leather softened by soaking, pressed, molded, or stamped to shape, and hardened by drying and used for armor in the middle ages and for decorative objects (as book covers)

History and Etymology for cuir-bouilli

French cuir bouilli, literally, boiled leather

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