tasse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
    tasset.

WordNet

Tasse noun
Etymology
OF. tassette.
Definitions
  1. A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. ✍ Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.

Webster 1913