garniture

Example Sentences

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This anecdote strikes me as a great example of early bar myth-building — the pre-Prohibition equivalent of drinks that change color or have an elaborate scaffolding of garniture on top.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2019

His "garniture" set of armour, worn for war and jousting, featured a lock on the glove, gripping the sword and preventing the combatant dropping his weapon.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2010

Even to French Socialists the stomach and its garniture are matters to be approached with reverence.

From Time Magazine Archive

A crowd of shades bedecked in their last earthly garniture were gliding and teetering about; some dignified as at a stately farce, others hilarious with ungraceful levity.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay

On the mantel, a formal garniture of vases; against mantel, a club fender with upholstered top, fireirons inside fender, grate with lighted coal fire; below fender, facing sofa, an armchair.

From Green Stockings A Comedy in Three Acts by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle)