כַּרְכַּשְׁתָּא II f. (כַּרְכֵּשׁ I) 1) = כַּרְכְּשָׁא q. v. —2) (cmp. כְּרוֹשְיָיתָא) tufts, tassels (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Fimbriae). B. Mets. 7ᵃ דתפיסי בכ׳ (Ms. R. 2 בכרשתא, corrected into בכרדשתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) both taking hold of the fringes of the cloth (which they claim as finders).