Galloon definition

gə-lo͝on

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

noun

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

noun

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.

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

galloon

Plural:

galloons

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French galon, from galonner (“to braid”).

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