n. 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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See tass, tass, tass.
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n. one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
Word Usage
"Entasser ... yes, that makes more sense, I thought, noticing how "tasse" (cup) finds its way into the word."