Ed?sel (??d s?l) n. a poor or unsuccessful product, esp. if vigorously promoted; dud. [1970?75; after Edsel, car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company 1957?62, named after Edsel Ford, 1893?1943, U.S. automaker] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.