the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
1721–2 N. AmhurstTerræ-filius No. 10 (1754) 48 This..bard has..lampoon'd those, who fix'd the immortal laurel-wreath upon his brows.
1818 Ld. ByronChilde Harold: Canto IV xli. 23 The true laurel-wreath which Glory weaves Is of the tree no bolt of thunder cleaves.