Meaning of Festoon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
2. A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
3. A raised cable with light globes attached.
4. A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
5. Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
6. A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
7. Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
8. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
9. Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.

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Examples

“The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.”

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