Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.] A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. 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.
tasse n : one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs [syn: {tasset}]