tasse 
(tăs) also tas·set (tăsĭt)
(tăs) also tas·set (tăsĭt)n.
One of a series of jointed overlapping metal splints hanging from a corselet, used as armor for the lower trunk and thighs.
[Possibly French, pouch, from Old French, perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tasca, task, money pouch; see TASK.]
tassefitted around the hips