Noun They placed a garland of flowers around her neck.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The ensemble, which was styled by Alex Harrington, was composed of a delicate Bode tunic, a plaid ERL suit, a CDLM garland, and hulking platform Junya Watanabe boots. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2022 Paint the pumpkin stems gold to connect them to the garland, then fill in with golden votive candle holders. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022 Help your kids cut out purr-fect black cat faces for a glowing garland. Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022 Now owned by entrepreneur and philanthropist Andy Nunemaker, the 25,000-square-foot single-family home has 10 fireplaces that would be perfect for garland and candles. Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2022 Their farmhouse front was decorated with an eye-catching garland and wreath of peonies and sweet william by Shane Connolly. Emma Elwick-bates, Vogue, 28 June 2022 In 2019, winner Maximum Security was disqualified for interference after 22 minutes and runner-up Country House wore the garland of red roses. Beth Harris, ajc, 8 May 2022 In 2019, winner Maximum Security was disqualified for interference and Country House wore the garland of red roses. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 May 2022 Fresh evergreen garland, flickering candles, and copper accents set a cozy mood that warms up a winter day. Jessica Brinkert Holtam, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2021
Verb
In this effort, citizens were more likely to garland him with roses rather than drench him in cold water.BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021 The ostensible ambitions on display are sweeping: to garland a small collection of vehicles with drawings, art, posters, and films illustrating the hold that the internal combustion engine has exercised on modernity’s collective soul. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 July 2021 What matters to Celtic and Rangers, at all times, is winning — to garland their own reputation and to dent that of their rival.New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021 The first two books are now rightly famous, garlanded with a Booker each. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020 Keep evergreens cool Try to place outdoor wreaths, swags, or garland out of direct sunlight, which tends to dry them out faster. Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 31 Oct. 2019 Squiggles of Nutella complete one option, also garlanded with fruit, known as the Triple.Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019 Modi said in his address Thursday, speaking in front of a billowing, oversize Indian flag on a podium garlanded with jasmine flowers. Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019 Next in line is a record-company executive, Debra (Kate McKinnon), who flies Jack to Los Angeles and promises, or threatens, to garland him with riches and renown. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 June 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English gerland, garlond "wreath of leaves or flowers worn as a crown," borrowed from Anglo-French garlande, gerlaunde "hair band, diadem" (continental Old French, "crown made with gold filigree"), probably from Old French *gareler "to trim with gold or silver filigree" (expansion, with -eler after such verbs as estenceler "to sparkle," of Old Low Franconian *wearōn, *wiarōn, derivative of *wiara "gold or silver filigree, ornament made of such material," going back to Germanic *wīr- "metal thread, wire") + -ande, collective noun suffix (going back to Latin -anda, neuter plural gerundive suffix) — more at stencil entry 1, wire entry 1
Note: The variant Old Low Franconian forms *weara, *wiara (corresponding to Old High German wiara "fine gold, ornament of gold filigree"), stages in the development of Germanic e2, are postulated to explain the two Romance outcomes of this etymon: garlande in Old French (from *weara) and guirlanda "crown made of gold thread," first attested in Old Occitan (from *wiara, presumably progressing to *wiera as in Old High German). Old Occitan guirlanda, borrowed into Italian as ghirlanda, cycled back to French in the 16th century as guirlande, in the sense "circular arrangement of flowers or leaves."
Verb
Middle English gerlonden, garlonden, derivative of gerlandgarland entry 1