teasel
verbEtymology From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.
1
Archaic To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.
teasel
noun/ˈtiːzəl/
Etymology From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.
1
Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
2
The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth.
3
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
- Derived terms
- teaseler, teasel gourd, teasellike, wild teasel