tasel

Middle English

Alternative forms

tasell, tasil, tasille, tasul, tasylle, tazel, tesel, tesell, tesle, tesyll

Etymology

From Old English tǣsl, tǣsel, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu; equivalent to tesen +‎ -el (agentive suffix).

Forms with /a/, /aː/ are presumably from trisyllabic shortening in Old English inflected forms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːzəl/, /ˈtazəl/, /ˈtɛːzəl/

Noun

tasel (plural taseles)

teasel (Dipsacus sativus) or a similar plant.
Part of the teasel used to full cloth.

Descendants

English: teasel, teazle, teasle, teazel, tazel
Scots: taisle, taissle, tassle

References

“tēsel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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