tassel

tassel
subs.
P. θύσανος, ὁ (Hdt.).
Fringe: Ar. and V. κράσπεδα, τά.

TASSEL

cirrus. A row of tassels fimbriae.

tassel: prob. cirrus: this word does not occur in the sing. in this sense: Veg. uses it of the tuft of hair on a horse's forehead or fetlock: in pl.: with t.s hanging down, cirris dependentibus, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13: v. FRINGE: perh. also it may be expr. by segmenta (trimmings).