garland
verb
- lay a garland over
noun
- flower wreath
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː.lənd/ / /ˈɡɑɹ.lənd/ / /ˈɡaː.lənd/
name
Etymology: English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
“U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.”
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
- A locality in the Blayney council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
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.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
“Bestow a Garland only on a Bier”
“Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together.”
- 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.
“[She] ioyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble ſtirpe and linage, […]”
- A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
“They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.”
- The top; the thing most prized.
“And call him noble that was now your hate, / Him vile that was your garland.”
- 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
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.
- To deck or ornament something with a garland.
“Anand disembarks like a statesman from the Volkswagen to be garlanded immediately by five different women.”
- To form something into a garland.