teasel

Etymology

From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.

noun

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
  2. The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.
  3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

verb

  1. (archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

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