tasset

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tasset
    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

Tasset \Tas"set\, n. [See {Tasse}.]
   A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or
   more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of
   the corselet.
   [1913 Webster]