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Webster 1913 Edition
Festoon
Fes-toon′
,Noun.
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
. Fes-toon′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Festooned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Festooning
.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
Webster 1828 Edition
Festoon
FESTOON'
,Noun.
Something in imitation of a garland or wreath. In architecture and sculpture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath of flowers, fruits and leaves intermixed or twisted together. It is in the form of a string or collar, somewhat largest in the middle, where it falls down in an arch, being suspended by the ends, the extremities of which hang down perpendicularly.