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Braid used for trimming
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galloon
Word definitions for galloon in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Galloon is a decorative woven trim sometimes in the form of a braid and commonly made of metallic gold or silver thread, lace , or embroidery. Galloon is used in the trim of military and police uniforms, ecclesiastical dress, and as trim on textiles, drapery, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Galloon \Gal*loon"\, n. [From F. or Sp. galon. See Gala . ] A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental. A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. Silver and gold galloons, with the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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 drapery or cushions.
Usage examples of galloon.
Between the spiral slashes, galloon braiding separated rows of pearls.
He found that they were roughly chronological, arranged in the same pattern as geological strata, and that the journal entries from the eighteenth century chronicled nothing but a dwindling involvement in social affairs—a dinner at which Samuel Johnson was expected but didn't show, a complaint against adulterated port wines, a protest against gold and silver galloon, whatever that might be, adorning men's hats—but when he had unearthed the upper volumes of the seventeenth century the notes abruptly became sparser and more cryptic, and were generally slips of paper glued or laid into the books rather than written on the pages.