GARNITURE
\ɡˈɑːnɪt͡ʃə], \ɡˈɑːnɪtʃə], \ɡ_ˈɑː_n_ɪ_tʃ_ə]\
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Ornamental appendages: furniture: dress: embellishments. "The pomp of groves and garniture of fields."-Beattie. "Her education in youth was not much attended to; and she happily missed all that train of female garniture which passeth by the name of accomplishments."-Lamb.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. That which garnishes; embellishment;—furniture;—dress.
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