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Noun: tasset  ta-sit
Usage: archaic
  1. One of two pieces of armour plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
    "The knight's tassets clinked as he mounted his horse";
    - tasse [archaic]

Sounds like: tacit, tacet

Derived forms: tassets

Type of: armor plate [US], armor plating [US], armour plate [Brit, Cdn], armour plating [Brit, Cdn], plate armor [US], plate armour [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: body armor [US], body armour [Brit, Cdn], cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor [US], suit of armour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Tasset