the fringes or tassels formerly worn at the corners of the outer garment and now worn at the four corners of the tallith and the arba kanfoth
Also: tzitzith
Word origin
[1895–1900; ‹ Heb ṣīṣīth]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, backstage, backwind, calling card, slapstick