garland
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (1)garlands, garlanded, garlanding
Noun (4)garlands
- United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)Synonyms: Judy GarlandInstance of actress, singer
- a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) with counties Dallas and CollinInstance of city, metropolisPart of Texas, Lone-Star State
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.Synonyms: florilegiummiscellanyType of anthology
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposesSynonyms: wreathcoronalchapletleiType of flower arrangement, floral arrangementKinds crown, laurel
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. garland, gerlond, OF. garlande, F. guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. wiara, wiera, crown, pure gold, MHG. wieren to adorn.
1. The crown of a king. obsolete Graffon.
2. A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Alexander Pope
3. The top; the thing most prized. William Shakespeare
4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.— Thomas Percy
5. Nautical (a) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in. (b) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
To deck with a garland. Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54