▪ I. † tarsel, tarcel Obs.
Also 5–6 -ell; 6 tersele.
Apparently a corrupt variant of tassel.
| 1459 Paston Lett. I. 487 Item, j. prikkyng hat, covered withe blake felwet. Item, ij. tarcellys on hym be hynde. 1558 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 92, v dd. of tarsells by him made of ye same sylver. 1570 Levins Manip. 57/11 A Tarsel, appendix. 1578 Richmond Wills (Surtees) 278, j grose of statut lace vs. viij{supd}. iiij gernesh tersele xij{supd}. |
Hence † tarcelled a. = tasselled.
| 1558 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 39 Clothe of sylver tarcelled with cullen sylver. |
▪ II. tarsel, -ell, -elet
obs. ff. tercel, -elet.