tasset
noun
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
tasse
-
a variation of
tasset.
Example Sentences
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If Patsy Cline is not your tasse de thé, how about a Village of the Damned theme.
From Slate ● May 14, 2015
The 1909 work Compotier et tasse or "Fruit bowl and cup", had been offered for private sale in New York.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2013
My answer will be merci, Jeremy, but, as President Mitterrand once told the BBC about Disneyland, "ce n'est pas ma tasse de thé".
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2012
Run upstairs and make your toilette, my loving duck," he suggested, "and I shall take you out for a tasse.
From A Chair on the Boulevard by Leonard Merrick
Then they adjourned to the open air, where the voices were lost altogether on a crowd calling, “Garçon—vite—une tasse café!” or applauding.
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
