tasset

[ tas-it ]

noun

, Armor.

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

tasset

/ ˈtæsɪt; tæs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tasset¹

1825–35; < French tassette, Middle French tassete, equivalent to tasse pouch (< Middle High German tasche literally, pendent object) + -ete -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of tasset¹

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

Example Sentences

"Oh! they are quite gone out of use," replied the armourer; "and we now either make the tassets long, or add a guipon of mail, coming down to the thighs."

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"Bring me my casque, boy, and my breastplates and tassets, also my best sword!"

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A breastplate and tassets of the sixteenth century are shown in Fig.

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Hawberk's hammer fell to the ground, but he picked it up and asked, with a great deal of calm, how I knew that the tassets and left cuissard were missing from the "Prince's Emblazoned."

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His helmet was of iron, and his gloves Of iron, and his breastplate and his greaves And tassets were of iron, and his shield.

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