tasse
Syllables: tas·se/tæs/
tasse noun: 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.
Noun
tasse (plural tasses)
- 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.
- This included the head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with skirts of iron called tasses or tassets covering the thighs, as may be seen in the figures, representing the exercise of the pike, published anno 1622, by the title of the Military Art of Training; the same kind of armour was worn...1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21
- The tasse, meant only to cover the hips, was so long that its edges scraped against the floor.2022, Tim Akers, Valhellions, Baen Books, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- tasset
Synonyms of tasse
Forms of tasse
| plural | tasses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tace |
Origin of tasse
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”).
Words that rhyme with tasse
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- bagasse
- Corinthian brass
- cuirass
- en masse
- frass
- Lefkas
- madras
- morass
- Pendergrass
- volte-face
- wass
- world-class
- adder's grass
- alas
- asse
- bamboo grass
- chasse
- das
- dass
- dogtooth grass
- flyaway grass
- hey pass
- Inner Brass
- khalass
- khalassed
- lac
- lift pass
- low mass
- Neptune grass
- outclass
- Outer Brass
- Ratass
- rockmass
- saas
- shass
- tass
- thass
- wassed
- wrasse
Questions about tasse
- What does tasse mean?
- Tasse means 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.
- What part of speech is tasse?
- Tasse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tasse?
- Tasse is pronounced /tæs/.
- What is the plural of tasse?
- The plural of tasse is tasses.
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