From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Festoon \Fes*toon"\, noun [F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It. festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See {Feast}.]
1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.
2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of {Bucranium}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Festoon \Fes*toon"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Festooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Festooning}.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful loops
2: an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
3: flower chains suspended in loops between points [syn: {festoonery}]
verb
1: decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "festoon": arc, boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, bow, bravery, buttonhole, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, chaplet, chiffon, circle, clinquant, conchoid, corsage, crook, curl, curve, diacaustic, ellipse, festoons, finery, flower arrangement, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, froufrou, fuss, gaiety, garland, gaudery, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, hook, hyperbola, lei, lituus, nosegay, parabola, paste, pinchbeck, posy, sinus, spray, superfluity, tinsel, tracery, trappings, trickery, trumpery, wreath
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