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5 letters · 5 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
originInherited 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0