a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration: A garland of laurel was placed on the winner's head.
a representation of such a wreath or festoon.
a collection of short literary pieces, as poems and ballads; literary miscellany.
Nautical. a band, collar, or grommet, as of rope.
verb (used with object)
to crown with a garland; deck with garlands.
Origin of garland
1275–1325;Middle Englishger(e)lande, garlande < Old French < ?
Related formsgar·land·less, adjectivegar·land·like, adjectiveun·gar·land, verb (used with object)
Garland
[gahr-luh nd]
noun
Ham·lin[ham-lin]/ˈhæm lɪn/, 1860–1940,U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
JudyFrances Gumm, 1922–69,U.S. singer and actress.
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, etc, worn round the head or neck or hung up
a representation of such a wreath, as in painting, sculpture, etc
a collection of short literary pieces, such as ballads or poems; miscellany or anthology
nauticala ring or grommet of rope
verb
(tr)to deck or adorn with a garland or garlands
Word Origin for garland
C14: from Old French garlande, perhaps of Germanic origin
Garland
noun
Judy, real name Frances Gumm. 1922–69, US singer and film actress. Already a child star, she achieved international fame with The Wizard of Oz (1939). Later films included Meet Me in St Louis (1944) and A Star is Born (1954)
"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).
v.
early 15c., "to make a garland;" 1590s, "to crown with a garland," from garland (n.). Related: Garlanded; garlanding.
