chinstrap vs tassel

chinstrap

noun
  • A strip of leather or material used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin. 

  • A form of beard that follows the jawline but does not cover the rest of the chin. 

  • A band of colour below a bird's mouth, resembling the chinstrap of a helmet. 

tassel

noun
  • A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel. 

  • A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). 

  • A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves. 

  • A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages. 

  • The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. 

  • The loose hairs at the end of a braid. 

  • A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers. 

verb
  • To adorn with tassels. 

  • To put forth a tassel or flower. 

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