كوكسلك

Ottoman Turkish

گوگسلك

Etymology

From گوگس (göğüs, “chest, breast”) +‎ ـلك (-lık, luk).

Noun

گوگسلك • (göğüslük)

1. kind of vest or short Guernsey frock covering the chest
2. breastplate, a piece of armor protecting the chest
3. bib, an item of clothing for babies tied around the neck
4. pinafore, a sleeveless dress worn by girls similar to an apron
5. horse's neckband, especially a boss at the junction of the neckband and the bellyband

Descendants

• Turkish: göğüslük

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “göğüslük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1740
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوكسلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1057
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pectorale”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1257
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوكسلك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4087
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوكسلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1600