What is "tasse"

Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.] A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.

alt. 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. 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.

n. one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs [syn: tasset]

Tassé is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.