garnituren.
/ˈɡɑːnɪtjʊə/ 1.
a. Furniture, outfit, appurtenances.
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
mountures1489
outred1489
accomplement?c1525
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
apparate?c1600
accomplishment1605
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
set-out1831
rigging1837
fixture1854
parapherna1876
clobber1890
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
outred1489
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
supellectile1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
materialsa1600
apparate?c1600
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
outrig1639
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
fixture1767
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
matériel1821
set-out1831
rigging1837
parapherna1876
clobber1890
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1768) 38 Pannes, caudrons, and other garnitures of the kitchen.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong (at cited word) La garniture d'vn lict, d'vne espée, ou quelque chose, the garniture or furniture of a bed, sword, or any other thing.
1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn III. 295 The table sparkles with silver cups and antique wealth of garniture.
1878 E. Schiller Eng. Germ. Fr. Technol. Dict. (at cited word) Garniture of a boiler, all apparatuses which serve for the safety of a boiler, all steam-pipes, stoking-tools, etc.).
b. Trappings, harness (of horses, etc.). ? Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun]
harness1303
geara1400
graithc1650
tackling1650
horse-gear1653
garniture1670
tackle1684
van harness1823
tack1924
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 77 The garniture of the Mules are but ordinary.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xii. 290 A palfrey, with a side-saddle, and all other garniture for a woman's mounting.
c. garniture de cheminée (see quot. 1960).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > vessels
shipc1410
vase1629
porte-bouquet1839
garniture de cheminée1900
1900 F. Litchfield Pottery & Porcelain iv. 39 The famous Sèvres garnitures de cheminées.
1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 203/2 Garniture de cheminée, a set of five vases, three baluster-shaped with covers, and two beakers with trumpet-shaped apertures called ‘flutes’, decorated en suite.
2. Ornament, trimming, etc., added to dress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation
pertinencea1513
garnish1527
trapping1596
trimming1625
trim1665
garniture1668
trimmage1693
fixing1820
fakement1843
doings1847
1668 J. Dryden Secret-love v. i. 52 A man of Garniture and Feather is above the dispensation of the Sword.
a1681 J. Lacy Sr. Hercules Buffoon (1684) ii. ii My French garniture, a pox on 'em, is not yet arrived from Paris.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Garniture, the trimming of a Suit with Ribbons, precious Stones, &c. as a Garniture of Diamonds.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 116. ⁋7 Stomachers, Caps, Facings of my Wastcoat-Sleeves, and other Garnitures suitable to my Age and Quality.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxvi. 223 A garniture of saphirs, as buttons, sword, star, watch, snuff-box, &c.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxviii. 249 A military surtout..which had once been frogged and braided all over but was now sadly shorn of its garniture.
1897 Globe 18 Feb. 6/3 At the wrists the sleeves..are finished with a two-inch garniture of violets.
3.
a. Ornament, embellishment generally.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration
atiffement1330
agraithing1340
apparela1375
anornamenta1382
adubmentc1400
dubmentc1400
anourement?1403
honourment1442
honestnessa1450
quaintisingc1450
ornaturea1475
adorning1495
furnish1500
accomplement?c1525
decking1531
habilimenta1533
parelc1540
exornation1548
garnishment1550
attirement1566
beautifyings1574
pranking1580
trinklement1582
decoration1584
decorement1587
trapping1596
trim1598
garnish1615
vinetry1622
polition1623
trickmenta1625
deckage1642
decor1656
garniture1685
buskrya1687
ornamentation1706
broidery1782
dizenment1864
necking1946
fanciness1961
1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iii. 20 I bestow some Garniture on Plays, as a Song or a Prologue.
1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 131 Where real Kindnesses are done, these circumstantial Garnitures of Love (as I may so call them) may be dispensed with.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 214 The Suitableness of Animal's Clothing..and the Garniture and Beauty thereof.
1764 S. Foote Lyar i. i. 9 A man is naturally permitted more ornament and garniture to his conversation than they will allow in this latitude.
1821 C. Lamb Mackery End in Elia 1st Ser. She happily missed all that train of female garniture which passeth by the name of accomplishments.
1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 178 No verbal garniture of a transcendental kind.
b. Applied to natural objects (as trees, etc.) as ornaments of the landscape.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > natural decoration of landscape
garniture1690
1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 80 This destroying of the outward garniture of the earth is but the first onset.
1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xi. 6 The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields.
1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) I. ii. iv. 99 To their right lay the sedgy point of Blackwell's Island, drest in the fresh garniture of living green.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ii. 60 The pomp and garniture of God's creation—the green fields and the forest glades.
4. Apparel, costume, dress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
shrouda1122
clothc1175
hatteringa1200
atourc1220
back-clout?c1225
habit?c1225
clothingc1275
cleadinga1300
dubbinga1300
shroudinga1300
attirec1300
coverturec1300
suitc1325
apparel1330
buskingc1330
farec1330
harness1340
tire1340
backs1341
geara1350
apparelmentc1374
attiringa1375
vesturec1385
heelinga1387
vestmentc1386
arraya1400
graitha1400
livery1399
tirementa1400
warnementa1400
arrayment1400
parelc1400
werlec1400
raiment?a1425
robinga1450
rayc1450
implements1454
willokc1460
habiliment1470
emparelc1475
atourement1481
indumenta1513
reparel1521
wearing gear1542
revesture1548
claesc1550
case1559
attirement1566
furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
caparison1589
plight1590
address1592
ward-ware1598
garnish1600
investments1600
ditement1603
dressing1603
waith1603
thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
outwall1608
accoutrementa1610
wearing apparel1617
coutrement1621
vestament1632
vestiment1637
equipage1645
cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
outer womana1845
outward man1846
vestiary1846
rag1855
drag1870
clo'1874
parapherna1876
clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 67 Gloomy garniture of purchased wo.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xl. 365 I have never before alluded to the garniture of my outer man.
5. Trimming or dressing of a dish. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [noun]
sticking1633
garniture1725
cake decoration?1880
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment
ornatinga1492
colouring1509
gilding1647
garniture1725
emblazonrya1807
garnish1825
fancification1937
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sturgeon It may be..set out with a Marinade, or other Garniture.
1761 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 393 This means nothing; it is mere garniture of the dish.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) i. 5 If he has skilfully dressed a rather spare dish of knowledge with the garniture of amusement.
1888 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. III. 134 A huge boar's head, with the usual garniture, was placed upon the table.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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