garland

Meanings

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

1. To deck or ornament something with a garland.
2. To form something into a garland.

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
4. A town in Miller County, Arkansas.
5. An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
6. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
7. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
8. A village in Seward County, Nebraska.
9. A town in Sampson County, North Carolina.
10. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.
11. A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.
12. A city in Box Elder County, Utah.

Etymology

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 (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz. Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.