Tasse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tasse
    n 1: one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to
         protect the upper thighs [syn: {tasset}, {tasse}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.]
   A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the
   ancient corselet.
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   Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the
         cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also
         called by this name.
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