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tasset

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tas⋅set

  [tas-it]
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–noun Armor.
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
Also, tace, tasse [tas] .

Origin:
1825–35; < F tassette, MF tassete, equiv. to tasse pouch (< MHG tasche lit., pendent object) + -ete -et
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tasse   (tās)   
n.  One of a series of jointed overlapping metal splints hanging from a corselet, used as armor for the lower trunk and thighs.

[Possibly French, pouch, from Old French, perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tasca, task, money pouch; see task.]
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