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taslet Sc. arch.|ˈtæslɪt| Usually in pl. taslets, in 6 teslottis, teslettis, tasletis. [A deriv. of tasse n.1 (or its French original), with dim. suffix -let; perhaps from tasset with suffix-change. Cf. also OF. (Picard) tasselet, dim. of tassel plastron or frontlet of a lady's dress (1507 in Godef.), Rouchi tasselet ‘petite plaque de plomb’.] pl. Tasses, tassets: see tasse n.1, tasset.
1507Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. III. 391 For vj quartaris rede to covir the Kingis tasletis,..xx s. 1541Ibid. VIII. 33 Deliverit..to lyne the teslottis of harnes maid to his Grace, vij quarteris blak sating..lvj s. 1542Ibid. 54 Ane lycht harnes with doubill teslettis..to the Kingis grace. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose ii, Thigh-pieces of steel, then termed taslets, met the tops of his huge jack-boots. 1870Athenæum 22 Jan. 126 Over his trunk-hose are steel thigh-pieces or taslets. |