tassetn.
Archaeology.
In plural = tasses at tasse n.1 Forms. (Apparently only in modern archæological or romantic use.)
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > leg armour > for thighs
cuissesc1330
quisserc1330
tuillea1470
thigh-piece1488
flancard1490
taslets1507
quishes1548
tasses1548
cussans1572
tassets1834
tuillette1869
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 241 Tassets and cuishes, composed of several plates instead of one, are seen upon the thigh.
1873 H. W. Longfellow Charlemagne in Aftermath i. 15 His greaves And tassets were of iron.
1876 W. H. Ainsworth Leaguer of Lathom (1878) 32 Both were accoutred in steel breastplates and tassets.
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