teaselern.
/ˈtiːz(ə)lə/ 1. One whose occupation is to teasel cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > one who
teaseler14..
nopster1480
teaser1483
cottoner1557
friezer1557
rower1738
napper1769
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 570/42 Cardinarius, a teselere.
1485–6 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 318 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Frizers and tesellers dwellyng..within the citie.
1779 R. Kelham Dict. Norman Teizeler de draps, a teazeller of cloth.
2. An implement for teaseling; in quot. 1607, a comb for thinning out a horse's mane, etc.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > grooming instruments
horse-comba1100
wisp1362
combc1440
mane-comb1564
curry-comb1573
scraper1581
rubber1598
teaseler1607
French brush1655
sweating-iron1753
dandy-brush1845
groomera1884
sweat-scraper1908
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 27 If your horses maine be too thick..you may with a tasler made of Iron with three or foure teeth, make it..as thinne as you please.
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