A silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade. / A very thin, gauzelike cloth with gold or silver (or, later, copper) thread woven into it, or overlaid with thin metal plates.

(obsolete) Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded. / (obsolete) Glittering.

(also figuratively) To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material.

(obsolete) Damage, detriment; loss. / (law, archaic) Deprivation; forfeiture.

(transitive, Scotland, obsolete, rare) To cause (someone) damage or loss; also, to impose a fine on (someone); to mulct.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tinsel

present participle of tinsel

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simple past tense and past participle of tinsel

simple past tense and past participle of tinsel