Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A narrow band or braid used as trimming and commonly made of lace, metallic thread, or embroidery.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 1. Originally, worsted lace, especially a closely woven lace like a narrow ribbon or tape for binding.
- n. In modern use:
- n. A fabric similar to the above, of wool, silk, tinsel, cotton, or a combination of any of these, A kind of gold or silver lace with a continuous even edge on each side, used on uniforms, liveries, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.
- n. A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace.
Etymologies
- From French galonner ('to braid'). (Wiktionary)
- French galon, from Old French galonner, to decorate the hair with ribbons. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Scalloped eyelet, called galloon embroidery, had decorative edging on both sides of the fabric, great for a fuller skirt.”
“Gas is already $3+/galloon and we all know its not going to stop here.”
“Contrasts and dualism that is the heart of Copenhagen Kasbah were also seen in the silk baggy pants with tie shut legs and pants with galloon stripes and fabric covered buttons. www.”
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“AAA reporting the national average for unleaded regular is now $2.52 a galloon.”
“AAA now reporting the national average price for a galloon of regular unleaded gas is up over $2.63 a gallon.”
“ROBERTS: You know, when gas is down around $1.65, $1.70 a galloon, it is easier to get back in the car and put your foot in the accelerator.”
“Still higher: AAA reporting the national average price for unleaded regular gasoline now $2.69 a galloon.”
“Yesterday I paid $3.05 per galloon for regular at Costco -- at the name brand stations, it's up to $3.15.”
“We're talking about $3.29 for a galloon of gasoline and how that may go up 75 cents.”
“AAA says the national average for a galloon of regular is down to $2.22.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘galloon’.
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gabardine, gabbart, gabble, gabbro, gabelle, gabion, gablock, gad, gadarene, gadoid, gadroon, gadzookery and 439 more...
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November Words-11337
fiscal, assuage, prolix, shroud, laconic, paucity, mollify, nascent, burgeon, turgid, absenteeism, guise and 38 more...
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spread out, spacious words of spe
words pertaining to the root spe- (hope) with some allegorical liberties.
paten, pan, pass, patent, petal, expand, repand, passacaglia, passe, paseo, paella, spawn and 150 more...
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azd's Words
adamantine, abatial, ablate, ablative, abrogate, accretive, acromegaly, acrostic, actinism, actinic, acuity, adduce and 968 more...
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originally started as an attempt to collect words I found visually and auditorially beautiful, as well as psychically evocative, this has become nothing more than a grab bag of word curiosities, a ...
bergamot, jambalaya, bee's knees, heliotrope, hosanna, gamboge, aureole, filial, madrigal, multilingual, sacrosanct, sojourn and 1072 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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encountered while fact-checking and c...
great words come across doing freelance fact-checking and copyediting work.
megabat, chiroptera, bathyscaphe, serac, icefall, lamellae, haltere, homologate, gallinaceous, gorgonin, peloton, patinodrome and 59 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for galloon.
yarb I mean that I checked my lingerie for galloons, not that there are checks but no galloons on my lingerie.
Speaking of which, does my underwear count as lingerie? I must check. Oct 5, 2012
yarb *checks* no galloons on my lingerie :( Oct 5, 2012
tumbel from a fashion textbook i am copyediting: "A lace galloon appliqué can be created from the repeat of your lace. A galloon is a cut-out motif trim from the main yardage. Galloons are often used as badges, collars, or trims on lingerie and evening apparel." Oct 5, 2012
juliahuck Lace trim or binding material. Dec 13, 2010