What does "teasel" mean?
Teasel: A bur of this plant.
Additional senses
- 2.Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
- 3.To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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