garland
Meanings
Plural: garlands
Noun
- United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)
- a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- The crown of a monarch.
- A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
Verb
- adorn with bands of flowers or leaves
- "They garlanded the statue"
- To deck or ornament something with a garland.
- To form something into a garland.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz.
Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.
Synonyms
chaplet, coronal, florilegium, Judy Garland, lei, miscellany, wreath
Scrabble Score: 9
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