garland.
A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
To deck or ornament something with a garland.
To form something into a garland.
Where this word comes from
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.
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