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Definition of Galloon
1. n. A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.
Definition of Galloon
1. Noun. (obsolete) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galloon
1. an ornamental braid [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galloon
Literary usage of Galloon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"... a Spanish ship, sounds as if written galloon, rhyming with HUSH. EOU. 262.
This assemblage of vowels, for they cannot be properly called a ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Furnished or adorned with galloon. Those enormous habiliment« . . . were ...
Thou galloon-gallant, and Mammon you That build on golden mountains, ..."
3. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"HAND galloon AND DOUBLE MAKER, a workman who makes those articles hy hand.
HAND-GALLOP, an easy pace ot a horse. HAND-GEAR, the contrivances for workin ..."
4. A New English-German and German-English Dictionary: Containing All the Words by Mentz, George W., and Son, Pub, Adolphus Bernays (1834)
"©ponen, va to suckle ; to wean. writ, by which one is put in possession , ч. я.
to persuade, to lepante. Spange,/, (pl. —n) buckle, clasp ; galloon, ..."
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