festoon

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  1. noun A string or garland, as of leaves or flowers, suspended in a loop or curve between two points.
  2. noun A representation of such a string or garland, as in painting or sculpture.
  3. transitive verb To decorate with or as if with festoons; hang festoons on.

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  • Also included is an impressive Indian multi-strand pearl and turquoise necklace, the front designed as a stylised peacock, which is estimated at $15,000-25,000, a cultured pearl and paste 'festoon' brooch which was a gift from the late Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
  • Decorated with exotic details at Giornetti - festoon of Hawaii, scarves or shirts with feminine details, hip hop chains a la Run DMC, at Dsquared models, even along 3 / 4 pants at Dean and Dan, less formal and more fragile in the vision of Louis Vuitton, the smoking can be worn along with short pants, the type of a modern hobo. —  Quazen
  • At last the monkey at the end of the chain caught, with his outstretched arms, a bough extending from that side, and then climbed up the trunk, dragging his companions after him, till the whole hung like a festoon across the river, or rather like a rope-bridge, for a bridge it was. —  The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco
  • Let nimble fun, explosive jokes, festoon-faced humor, the whole tribe of gibes and quirks, every light, keen, and flashing weapon in the armory of which Punch is the keeper, be employed to make the world laugh, and put the world's laughter on the side of all right as against all wrong. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858
  • The festoon is carried on to Maturity, which represents the time when sixty years bring him to the period of decline. —  Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
 

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  1. French feston, from Italian festone, from festa, feast, from Vulgar Latin *fēsta; see feast.

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  1. = Dutch festoen, from French feston (17th cent.) = Spanish feston = Italian festone, from Middle Latin festo(n-), a garland, prob. orig. a festal garland, from Latin festum, a festival, feast: see festal, feast.
  2. from festoon, n.
 

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