Meaning of Garland | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
2. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
   countable, uncountable
3. An accolade or mark of honour.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   countable
5. A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
6. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
   countable, uncountable
7. A town in Miller County, Arkansas.
   countable, uncountable
8. The crown of a monarch.
9. An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
   countable, uncountable
10. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
    dated
11. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    countable, uncountable
12. The top; the thing most prized.
13. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
14. A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
15. A village in Seward County, Nebraska.
    countable, uncountable
16. A town in Sampson County, North Carolina.
    countable, uncountable
17. A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
18. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
19. A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
20. A city in Box Elder County, Utah.
    countable, uncountable
21. A census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming.
    countable, uncountable
22. A locality in the Blayney council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“[She] ioyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble ſtirpe and linage, […]”

“They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.”

“And call him noble that was now your hate, / Him vile that was your garland.”

“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.”

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