Associations to the word «Tasse»
Wiktionary
TASSE, noun. A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.
Dictionary definition
TASSE, noun. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.