The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAS
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What does TAS mean?
TAS noun- A heap, pile.
- A cup or cupful.
- An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.
- A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.