noun, verb (used with object), han·seled, han·sel·ing or (especially British) han·selled, han·sel·ling.
noun
- a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- a first installment of payment.
- the initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste.
verb (used with object), hand·seled, hand·sel·ing or (especially British) hand·selled, hand·sel·ling.
- to give a handsel to.
- to inaugurate auspiciously.
- to use, try, or experience for the first time.
noun, verb
- a variant spelling of handsel
noun
- a gift for good luck at the beginning of a new year, new venture, etc
verb -sels, -selling or -selled or US -sels, -seling or -seled (tr)
- to give a handsel to (a person)
- to begin (a venture) with ceremony; inaugurate