a piece of armour consisting of one or more plates fastened onto the bottom of a cuirass to protect the thigh
Word origin
C19: from French tassette small pouch, from Old French tasse purse
tasset in American English
(ˈtæsɪt)
noun
Armor
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs
Also: tace, tasse (tæs)
Word origin
[1825–35; ‹ F tassette, MF tassete, equiv. to tasse pouch (‹ MHG tasche lit., pendent object) + -ete-et]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: breakdown, electrolyte, individualism, relativity, torque-et is a noun suffix having a diminutive force (although the diminutive element is nowlost in many words). Other words that use the affix -et include: islet, midget, plummet, tablet