Meanings
plural tassets
- A tasse.
1 more example
This included the head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with skirts of iron called tasses or tassets covering the thighs, as may be seen in the figures, representing the exercise of the pike, published anno 1622, by the title of the Military Art of Training; the same kind of armour was worn by the harquebusiers.
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchtassette
- Old Frenchtassette
- Middle English*tassette
- Englishtasset
Either inherited from Middle English *tassette, from Old French tassette, or borrowed in the 1800s from French tassette, see tasse for more. Equivalent to tasse + -et.
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tasset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasset
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