cuir-bouilli

English

Noun

cuir-bouilli (uncountable)

Alternative form of cuir bouilli
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65:
  Cuir-bouilli was leather softened by boiling (generally in oil), and stamped or moulded into a definite form when in that condition; upon drying it became intensely hard and tough.

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