tasse

Meaning

A piece of armor for the hips and thighs: one of a set of plates (each being of one piece or segmented) hanging from the bottom of the breastplate or from faulds.

Synonyms

tasset

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tæs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tasse

Cognate with Old High German: tasca

Cognate with German: Tasche

Cognate with Dutch: tas

In summary

From Middle English tasse (“armor plate protecting the hip”), from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch; bag”), Dutch tas (“bag”).