garland

Meanings

Noun

• A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
• An accolade or mark of honour.
• A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
• The crown of a monarch.
• A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
• The top; the thing most prized.
• A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
• A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

Verb

• To deck or ornament something with a garland.
• To form something into a garland.

Origin

• From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn, from *wiera, akin to Old High German wieren, Old High German wiara. More at wire.