tasseled

noun

1. Obsolete a clasp or fibula
2. an ornamental tuft of threads, cords, etc. of equal length, hanging loosely from a knob or from the knot by which they are tied together
3. something resembling this; specif., the tassel-like inflorescence of some plants, as corn

Origin: ME < OFr, knob, knot, button < VL *tassellus, altered < L taxillus, a small die (akin to talus, ankle), based on L tessella, small cube, piece of mosaic

transitive verb tasseled or tasselled, tasseling or tasselling

intransitive verb