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betassel, v.|bɪˈtæs(ə)l| [f. be- 1 + tassel.] trans. To hang round or decorate with, or as with, tassels. Hence beˈtasselled, -eled ppl. a.
1648Earl Westmld. Otia Sacra (1879) 16 The Lustfull Clusters..Betasseling Autumn. 1778Mrs. Delany Lett. Ser. ii. II. 341 Her bridal apparel..festooned and betassel'd. 1812Examiner 12 Oct. 653/1 One cannot be always..devising patterns, and betasselling dragoons. |