tasset

[ tas-it ]

nounArmor.
  1. either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.

Origin of tasset

1
1825–35; <French tassette,Middle French tassete, equivalent to tasse pouch (<Middle High German tasche literally, pendent object) + -ete-et
  • Also tace, tasse [tas]. /tæs/.

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How to use tasset in a sentence

  • When the tassets were discarded about the end of the sixteenth century the cuisses were laminated in this way from waist to knee.

    Armour &amp; Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes
  • The tassets are made in two or more pieces, connected with the strap and sliding rivet described in the preceding chapter.

    Armour &amp; Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes
  • The tassets are replaced by laminar cuissarts extending to the knee, below which the suit is not continued.

    Armour in England | J. Starkie Gardner
  • The foot soldiers of the period were armed with a breast and back plate, and with tassets reaching to the knees.

  • The opening between the tassets is defended by the skirt of the hauberk, worn beneath the cuirass.

    Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert

British Dictionary definitions for tasset

tasset

tasse (tæs) or less commonly tace

/ (ˈtæsɪt) /


noun
  1. a piece of armour consisting of one or more plates fastened on to the bottom of a cuirass to protect the thigh

Origin of tasset

1
C19: from French tassette small pouch, from Old French tasse purse

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