galloon

gal·loon

a braid or ribbon, as of cotton or silk or of gold or silver thread, used for trimming or binding

Origin of galloon

French galon from galonner, to braid, adorn with lace, altered (? influenced, influence by gala: see gala) from Old French an unverified form garlonner from garlander, to ornament from garlande, garland

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galloon

noun

A narrow band or braid used as trimming and commonly made of lace, metallic thread, or embroidery.

Origin of galloon

French galon from Old French galonner to decorate the hair with ribbons

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gal·looned′
adjective

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Noun

(plural galloons)

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.

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From French galon, from galonner (“to braid”).

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