Festoon Definition

fĕ-sto͝on
festooned, festoons
noun
festoons
A wreath or garland of flowers, leaves, paper, etc. hanging in a loop or curve.
Webster's New World
Any carved or molded decoration resembling this, as on furniture.
Webster's New World
A representation of such a string or garland, as in painting or sculpture.
American Heritage

A raised cable with light globes attached.

Wiktionary

(astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.

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verb
festooned, festoons
To adorn or hang with festoons.
Webster's New World
To form into a festoon or festoons.
Webster's New World
To join by festoons.
Webster's New World
To make festoons.
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Other Word Forms of Festoon

Noun

Singular:
festoon
Plural:
festoons

Origin of Festoon

  • French feston from Italian festone from festa feast from Vulgar Latin fēsta feast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French feston

    From Wiktionary

Festoon Sentence Examples

  • New Zealand is part of the Australasian festoon, on the Pacific edge of the Australasian area.

  • Lianas Lianas are climbing woody vines that festoon rainforest trees.

  • The room was tastefully decorated, and outside the premises hung a beautiful festoon containing a suitable motto.

  • But they have been separated by the foundering of the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea, which divided the continent of Australia from the islands of the Australasian festoon; and the foundering of the band across Australia, from the Gulf of Carpentaria, through western Queensland and western New South Wales, to the lower basin of the Murray, has separated the Archean areas of eastern and western Australia.

  • The Mesozoic begins with a Triassic land period in the mainland of Australia; while the islands of the Australasian festoon contain the Triassic marine limestones, which fringe the whole of the Pacific. The Triassic beds are best known in New South Wales, where round Sydney they include a series of sandstones and shales.

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