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gal·loon  (g-ln)
n.
A narrow band or braid used as trimming and commonly made of lace, metallic thread, or embroidery.

[French galon, from Old French galonner, to decorate the hair with ribbons.]

gal·looned adj.

galloon [gəˈluːn]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a narrow band of cord, embroidery, silver or gold braid, etc., used on clothes and furniture
[from French galon, from Old French galonner to trim with braid, of unknown origin]
gallooned  adj


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Ok, so you won't see Metallica or The White Stripes on its music stage, but then you will see a fair few folk musicians and galloons of mightily tasty ale instead.
those made and sold in penny-widths up to six pennies wide, such as tapes, ribbons, garters, fringes, tassels, galloons, girdles, inkles, cauls, trimmings, gimps, hatbands, braids and livery and other laces" (24).
 
 
 
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