Never seen teasle before, and it resembles thistle.    From Wordnik.com.  [A morning's blog...] Reference

But the stem is not a thistle stem, and teasle it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [A morning's blog...] Reference

A peacock butterfly now spread himself upon the teasle, fresh and newly emerged, as the blue and chocolate down on his wings testified.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacob's Room] Reference

As for the bee, having sucked its fill of honey, it visited the teasle and thence made a straight line to Mrs. Pascoe’s patch, once more directing the tourists’ gaze to the old woman’s print dress and white apron, for she had come to the door of the cottage and was standing there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacob's Room] Reference

It's planting time on the teasle plantation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A morning's blog...] Reference

Up and down the teasle ... etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference

And then another walk out into the teasle.    From Wordnik.com.  [A morning's blog...] Reference

The teasle is also part of a stitching machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference