ˈtasselated, ppl. a. rare—1.
[f. assumed vb. *tasselate (f. tassel n.1 + -ate3) + -ed1: cf. tessellated, castellated, foliated, etc.]
= tasselled.
c 1860 B. Harte My Otherself in Fiddletown, etc. (1873) 127 There was no rustle of the tasselated corn. |