Teasel /(?)/

Tea·sel

Teasel

n.
  1. A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. (Bot.)
  2. A bur of this plant.
  3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Phrases & Compounds
Teasel frame
a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.

Teasel

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Teaseled; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling

  1. To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.