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noun
A piece of armor for the hips and thighs: one of a set of plates (each being of one piece or segmented) hanging from the bottom of the breastplate or from faulds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Synonyms: tasset
Antonyms: none provided
noun
one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tasset
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
History
Inherited from Middle English tasse (“armor plate protecting the hip”), derived from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), derived from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), derived from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch; bag”), Dutch tas (“bag”).
Across languages
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