tasse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

tăs /tæs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tasse.wav

Word forms

tasse tasses tace

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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