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Festoon

noun

A curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves.

An embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work.

Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration. Synonym: festoonery.

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"Festoon" Quotes from Famous Books

... on a rare and curious form of cloud has quite recently been referred to by a French meteorologist. It is probable, says M. E. Durand-Greville in La Nature, November 24, 1900, that Lamarck was the first to observe the so-called pocky or festoon cloud, or mammato-cirrus cloud, which at rare intervals has been observed since ...

— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard

... shook hands, and after a performance on the door-mat, protracted by reason of a festoon of hemp, followed his hostess ...

— Light Freights • W. W. Jacobs

... seen far from the encampment, do all the drudgery. Their entire wardrobe consists of a fringe about two feet in length, which is formed of the branch or root—I cannot ascertain exactly which—of a peculiar species of shrub shredded into threads. This scanty costume they festoon several times about the person, fastening it just above the hips, and they generally appear in a startlingly unsophisticated state of almost entire nudity. They are very filthy in their habits, and my informant ...

— The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 • Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

Words linked to "Festoon" : ornament, drapery, flower chain, embellishment, pall, mantle, adorn, grace, embellish, curtain, beautify, decorate, drape