TASSES

Noun

tasses

plural of tasse

Anagrams

• TESSAs, assets, stases

Source: Wiktionary


TASSE

Tasse, n. Etym: [OF. tassette.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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