plate armor that protected the upper legs to the knee

Overlapping plates that cover the juncture of hip and thigh in a full suit of plate armour.

Fifteenth-century and later armor for the tops of the thighs that hangs from the fauld to cover the gaps between the breastplate and cuisses

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.