Her. Obs. Also 5 lassed, 6 lased. [more correctly lassed, for lessed, pa. pple. of LESS v.] Lessened, diminished.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., b ij b. A lassed cotarmure is on the moderis parte.
1562. Leigh, Armorie (1597), 98. A gentlewoman borne, wedded to one, hauing no cote Armour, they hauing issue a sonne,… The same sonne … may beare her cote armour, during his life, with a difference Cynquefoyle, by the curtesie of armes, and this is called a lased cote armour.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 66. She must be an heire to her auncestour, or els her issue can not beare the Laced coat.
