tassel
verb
- to furnish or adorn with tassel(s)
noun
- hanging ornament consisting of bundled threads or cords
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtæsəl/
noun
Etymology: See tassell.
- Alternative form of tassell.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Latin tāxillus (“small cube”), from tālus (“ankle”).
- To adorn with tassels.
“[…] gauzes of silver mist; Loop’d up with cords of twisted wreathed light, And tassell’d round with weeping meteors!”
- To put forth a tassel or flower.
“Maize is a crop that tassels.”