galloon

American  

[guh-loon] / gəˈlun /

noun

1. a braid or trimming of worsted, silk or rayon tinsel, gold or silver, etc., usually having scalloping along both edges.

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galloon British  

/ ɡəˈluːn /

noun

1. a narrow band of cord, embroidery, silver or gold braid, etc, used on clothes and furniture

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Other Word Forms

• gallooned adjective

Etymology

Origin of galloon

1595–1605; < Middle French galon, Old French galonner to adorn one's head with ribbons, derivative of gale gala

Example Sentences

Men of business wore waistcoats trimmed with silver galloon.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

“With a little jacket trimmed with galloon, and that petticoat of tobine. Given the chills on the river.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The desirability of distinguishing tapestries by marks in the galloon appealed to other weaving centres, and the method of Brussels found favour outside that town.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

The place for this mark was the galloon, and it was usually executed in a lighter colour, but a single tone.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

This meant more detail, a broader design, coarser flowers, bigger fruit, and these spraying over the galloon, and all but invading the picture.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.