betasselv.
/bɪˈtas(ə)l/ transitive. To hang round or decorate with, or as with, tassels.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > trim > with tassels
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1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 16 The Lustfull Clusters..Betasseling Autumn.
1812 Examiner 12 Oct. 653/1 One cannot be always..devising patterns, and betasselling dragoons.
Derivatives
beˈtasselled adj. (also betasseled)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > tassel
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tasselly1611
betasselled1778
1778 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 341 Her bridal apparel..festooned and betassel'd.
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