Sc. arch. Usually in pl. taslets, in 6 teslottis, teslettis, tasletis. [A deriv. of TASSE sb.1 (or its French original), with dim. suffix -LET; perhaps from TASSET with suffix-change. Cf. also OF. (Picard) tasselet, dim. of tassel plastron or frontlet of a lady’s dress (1507 in Godef.), Rouchi tasselet ‘petite plaque de plomb.’] pl. Tasses, tassets: see TASSE sb.1, TASSET.
1507. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl., III. 391. For vj quartaris rede to covir the Kingis tasletis,… xx s. Ibid. (1541), VIII. 33. Deliverit … to lyne the teslottis of harnes maid to his Grace, vij quarteris blak sating … lvj s. Ibid. (1542), 54. Ane lycht harnes with doubill teslettis … to the Kingis grace.
1819. Scott, Leg. Montrose, ii. Thigh-pieces of steel, then termed taslets, met the tops of his huge jack-boots.
1870. Athenæum, 22 Jan., 126. Over his trunk-hose are steel thigh-pieces or taslets.
