ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Galloon

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɡəˈluːn/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Galloon is a noun meaning 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 draperies or cushions.

Meaning

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 draperies or cushions.

Example Sentences

His hair is tied back with a bit of silver galloon, and he is dressed with panache in a blue velvet jacket, white silk hose, buckled pumps.
And when the "Atlantis" had finally entered the port and all its many-decked mass leaned against the quay, and the gang-plank began to rattle heavily, — what a crowd of porters, with their assistants, in caps with golden galloons, what a crowd of various boys and husky ragamuffins with pads of colored postal cards attacked the Gentleman from San Francisco, offering their services!

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Related dictionary entries include braiding, bullion, bobbin, trimming, bugle, becket.

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