Tasse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.]
     A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the
     ancient corselet.
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     Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the


           cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also
           called by this name.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tasse
       n : one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to
           protect the upper thighs [syn: {tasset}]