a. [f. TASSEL sb.1 + -Y.] Characterized by or abounding in tassels.
1611. Cotgr., Houpelu … lockie, tassellie, tufted.
1854. E. S. Capron, Hist. California, 279. Both shores of the river are deeply shaded with a species of lofty palm, having long tasselly branches, which, bending gracefully over, lave refreshingly in the lonely waters.
1901. Elizabeth & Germ. Gard., 164. Four little podgy, buttony, tasselly red chairs.
