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garniture

noun
/ˈɡɑrnɪtʃər/US

Etymology

From Middle English garnetture, from Anglo-Norman garniture, gerneiture, from Old French garneture (“accessory for a saddle”), from Old French garnir, guarnir, from Frankish *warnijan (“to prevent, deny”).

  1. derived from *warnijan✻ — “to prevent, deny”
  2. derived from guarnir
  3. derived from garneture — “accessory for a saddle”
  4. derived from garniture
  5. inherited from garnetture

Definitions

  1. Something that garnishes

    Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment

    • […] I fancied Cuthbert's reddening face / Beneath its garniture of curly gold, / Dear fellow, till I almost felt him fold / An arm in mine to fix me to the place / That way he used.

  2. A matching array of plate armour and its accessories

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA