tasse /ˈtæs/
Tasse n. A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.
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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tasse
n : one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to
protect the upper thighs [syn: tasset]