Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.]
   A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the
   ancient corselet.

   Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the
         cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also
         called by this name.

Source : WordNet®

tasse
     n : one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to
         protect the upper thighs [syn: {tasset}]