tasse(n = noun.artifact) tasset - one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs;
is a kind of armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour
is a part of body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour

   A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. [1913 Webster]
" Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name." [1913 Webster]