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tasset

/ˈtæsɪt/

tasset noun: a tasse.

Noun

tasset (plural tassets)

  1. A tasse.
    • 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

Forms of tasset

pluraltassets

Origin of tasset

Either inherited from Middle English *tassette, from Old French tassette, or borrowed in the 1800s from French tassette, see tasse for more. Equivalent to tasse + -et.

Words that rhyme with tasset

Questions about tasset

What does tasset mean?
Tasset means a tasse.
What part of speech is tasset?
Tasset is a noun.
How do you pronounce tasset?
Tasset is pronounced /ˈtæsɪt/.
What is the plural of tasset?
The plural of tasset is tassets.

Words near tasset in the dictionary

  1. tasseographer
  2. tasseographers
  3. tasseography
  4. tasseomancy
  5. tasses
  6. tasset
  7. tassets
  8. tassette
  9. tassettes
  10. Tassi
  11. tassie

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