tassel
/ˈtæsəl/ noun C1- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
Plural tassels
From the library
Gossamers glimmered like threads of silver among the trees and the fir boughs and tassels seemed to utter friendly speech.
It is one of those little blue velvet ones that are all the rage, with gold cord and tassels.
“Where does that bell communicate with?” he asked at last pointing to a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.
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