Tassets are a piece ofplate armour designed to protect the upper thighs. They take the form of separate plates hanging from thebreastplate orfaulds. They may be made from a single piece or segmented. The segmented style of tassets connected by sliding rivets produced during the 16th century is also known asalmain rivets. From the 16th century onward, the tassets were sometimes integrated with thecuisses to create fully articulated leg defenses that continued from the lower edge of the breastplate down to thepoleyn.
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