Meaning of Garniture | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment
2. A matching array of plate armour and its accessories

Equivalents

Examples

“The Countess came forward⟳ to meet⟳ them, looking more beautiful than ever. But it was not now that Emily envied her beauty;—no philosopher like⟳ a girl in love⟳, to feel⟳, for the time being, utter indifference to all possible pomp and garniture.”

“[…] I fancied Cuthbert's reddening face⟳ / Beneath its garniture of curly gold, / Dear fellow, till I almost felt him fold⟳ / An arm in mine to fix⟳ me to the place⟳ / That way he used.”

“They believed that the ladies and the gentlemen alike had covered them with endearments, were candidly, gushingly glad to make⟳ their acquaintance. They had not in the least seen what was manner, the minimum of decent profession, and what the subtle resignation of old races who have⟳ known a long historical discipline and have⟳ conventional forms for their feelings—forms resembling singularly little the feelings themselves. Francie took people at their word […] It would not have⟳ occurred to the girl that such things need⟳ have⟳ been said as a mere garniture. Her lover, whose life had been surrounded with garniture and who therefore might have⟳ been expected not to notice⟳ it, had a fresh sense⟳ of it now […]”

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