Synonyms for garland

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gahr-luh nd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr lənd

Définition of garland

Origin : "wreath of flowers," c.1300 (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French garlande, perhaps from Frankish *weron "adorn, bedeck" (cf. Middle High German wieren "adorn, bedeck"), from PIE *wei- "to turn, twist" (see wire).

noun strand of material, usually hung

Example sentences :

They attire themselves with care, they braid the garland, and they tune the pipe.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Woe to those who must gather the garland of pain—which is remorse-after death!
Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley

He is led in drunk, and welcomed by Agathon, whom he has come to crown with a garland.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

This kind of garland is made also of ivy, with small red balls.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various

It were, indeed, to weave Cyprus with the garland of the Bride!
Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever

Because the most were heroic, and for the sake of that most, all Confederate soldiers wore the garland.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

He passed other bivouacs—men of Rodes's, of Garland's, of Trimble's.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

As I closed this story, Cameron said: "Garland, you tell that as if you believed in it."
Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

Garland, will you purvey another psychic and conduct the pursuit?
Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

"Don't expect too much of the Garland Homestead," I repeated.
Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland

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