festoon

Meanings

Noun

• An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
• A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
• A raised cable with light globes attached.
• A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
• Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
• A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
• Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
• Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia (genus).
• Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.

Verb

• To decorate with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
• To make festoons.
• To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
• To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.

Origin

• From French feston.