tasse
English · Français · Deutsch · Italiano · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
tasse
- /tæs/
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
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”).
noun tasses · tace
-
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 b
Similar: tasset
Translations
Every language
noun thigh armor
| Français | tassette |
|---|
Talk about this word "tasse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tasse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tasse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tasse "tasse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tasse.Cite this
@misc{tasse_2026,
title = {tasse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tasse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
