English Explanatory Dictionary

garniture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment
  2. A matching array of plate armour and its accessories

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑrnɪtʃər/

Word forms

garniture garnitures

Etymology

From Middle English garnetture, from Anglo-Norman garniture, gerneiture, from Old French garneture (“accessory for a saddle”), from Old French garnir, guarnir, from Frankish *warnijan (“to prevent, deny”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on G Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary