Tassets

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A suit of three-quarter plate with prominent, segmented tassets
A suit of three-quarter plate with prominent, segmented tassets

Tassets are a piece of plate armour designed to protect the upper legs. They take the form of separate plates hanging from the breastplate or faulds. They may be made from a single piece or segmented.

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Elements of Medieval armour
 Arms 

Couter | Gauntlet | Pauldrons | Rerebrace | Spaulders | Vambrace

 Head and neck 

Aventail  | Bevor  | Gorget

 Legs 

Chausses  | Greaves  | Poleyns  | Sabatons  | Tassets

 Torso 

Cuirass | Faulds | Hauberk