tassel

== English == === Alternative forms === tossel (archaic) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæsəl/ Rhymes: -æsəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin tāxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”). ==== Noun ==== tassel (plural tassels) A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). (botany) The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. The loose hairs at the end of a braid. A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages. (architecture) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers. A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel. A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== sword knot ===== Translations ===== ===== Further reading ===== tassel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Verb ==== tassel (third-person singular simple present tassels, present participle (US) tasseling or (UK) tasselling, simple past and past participle (US) tasseled or (UK) tasselled) (transitive) To adorn with tassels. Synonym: betassel (intransitive, botany) To put forth a tassel or flower. === Etymology 2 === See tassell. ==== Noun ==== tassel (plural tassels) Alternative form of tassell. === Anagrams === Slates, leasts, salets, slates, stales, steals, stelas, teslas == Old French == === Etymology === From Late Latin taxellus, secondary form of taxillus, diminutive of Latin talus. === Noun === tassel oblique singular, m (oblique plural tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative singular tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative plural tassel) tassel (adornment for a garment) == Swedish == === Etymology === Deverbal from tassla. === Noun === tassel n (uncountable) whispering Synonym: tissel ==== Usage notes ==== Normally in the form tissel och tassel. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tassel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)