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garland(1) (iou)



garland noun. ME.
[Old French gerlande, garlande of unkn. origin.]
A wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., worn on the head or around the neck, or hung about an object for decoration. ME.
virgin's garland: see VIRGIN noun.
W. Morris Round about her shapely head A garland of dog-violet..meetly had she set. M. Coney Cat-girls had hung garlands of flowers around the captains' necks. fig.: Tennyson Where Past and Present, wound in one, Do make a garland for the heart.
b. A naturally growing loop or wreath of vegetation. M19.
F. A. Kemble An ivy..growing in profuse garlands from branch to branch.
c. Chiefly Nautical. A wreath of ribbons. M19.
A wreath or coronet of gold, silver, or some other costly material. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
a. A royal crown or diadem. ME-E17.
b. Orig., a wreath or crown conferred on a victor or hero, esp. in the games of ancient Greece or Rome. Now also more widely, a prize, a distinction. LME.
gain the garland, win the garland, etc., gain the victory.
c. fig. A person, thing, quality, etc., regarded as the glory or most prized part of something. L16-M17.
A circular object, esp. one which surrounds another object; spec. (Architecture) an ornamental band around a spire. L15.
a. Nautical. A band of rope or iron used as a securing device on a mast or spar. L15.
b. Nautical & Military. A container for storing shot. L17.
A representation of a garland in metal, stone, etc. E16.
H. Phillips On the reverse a garland of olives encloses the words.
b. Heraldry. A charge representing a ring of flowers, leaves, etc.; a chaplet. E19.
fig. A collection of short literary pieces, usu. poems and ballads; an anthology, a miscellany. arch. E17.
garlandry noun (rare) garlands collectively; decoration composed of or resembling garlands: M19.