Codpiece

[Miss Zippy]

Why is a 'codpiece' so called? (I have tried to look this up for myself, but the search engines just throw back at me a myriad of obscure sites bordering on the pornographic).

[rekstout]

Apparently a codde id a bag or pouch in old english

[mikewall01]

Codd was olde English for a bag or scrotum. A superb pictorial page entitled Briefe History of the Codpiece can be found at; http://www.onr.com/user/steveh/cods.htm

[honkytonkman]

Which is interesting, as when I was young, we all referred to our genitals as our 'cods'! I.e. "Ya should've kicked 'im in the cods"

[firefly]

I don't think the answers so far have been correct. I always thought it was called a codpiece because it resembles the head of a cod, facing towards the ground.

[paulz]

sorry firefly I agree with the others try http://www.onr.com/user/steveh/cods.htm