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tasse
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tasse, n. [OF. tassette.].
A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. [1913 Webster]
" Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name." [1913 Webster]
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