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Definition garland

Etymology

From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierl?n, *wieral?n, a frequentative form of Frankish wier?n (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.

Noun

garland (plural garlands)

1. A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
2. An accolade or mark of honour.
3. (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
4. The crown of a monarch.
5. (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
6. The top; the thing most prized.
7. (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
8. (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

Verb

garland (third-person singular simple present garlands, present participle garlanding, simple past and past participle garlanded)

1. (transitive) To deck or ornament something with a garland
2. (transitive) To form something into a garland

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