tassel

A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

The loose hairs at the end of a braid.

The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.

A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.

A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.

A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.

To adorn with tassels.

To put forth a tassel or flower.