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galloon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ɡəˈluːn/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːn
  • CMU ARPABET: G AH0 L UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French galon, from galonner (“to braid”).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: галон (galon) — A braided trimming
  • Bulgarian: ширит (širit) — A braided trimming
  • Irish: galún — A braided trimming
  • Italian: gallone — A braided trimming
  • Macedonian: га́лун (gálun) — A braided trimming
  • Macedonian: ши́рит (šírit) — A braided trimming
  • Russian: наши́вка (našívka) — A braided trimming
  • Russian: галу́н (galún) — A braided trimming
  • Ottoman Turkish: شریت (şerit) — A braided trimming