A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. Tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains or other hangings
Tassels are bunches of short pieces of wool or other material tied together at one end and attached as decorations to something such as a piece of clothing or a lampshade. a large number of threads tied together at one end and hung as a decoration on clothes, curtains etc tasseled
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; rarely used in the United States
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[ 'ta-s&l, oftenest of co ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, clasp, tassel, from Middle French, from Vulgar Latin tassellus, alteration of Latin taxillus small die; akin to Latin talus anklebone, die.