Festooning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Festooning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of festoon.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of festoon.
More Meanings
- Material with which something is festooned.
- The act of honeybees to join together in a chain.
Example Sentences
To construct chains and give the appearance of a festoon, bees engage in a process known as festooning.
The second tier of boxes, still with the red festoonings and the luxuriance of creeping vines, had, as its chief adornment, holly, laurel, and cypress trees of irregular height[…]
Word Forms
- festoonings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include festoonery, tress, figuration, garniture, flourish, garnish.
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