engarland

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ garland: compare French enguirlander.

Verb

engarland (third-person singular simple present engarlands, present participle engarlanding, simple past and past participle engarlanded)

1. To encircle with a garland or garlands, or as if with garlands.
   • c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 55, page 537:

     Muſes, I oft inuoked your holy ayde, / With choiſeſt flowers my ſpeech to engarland ſo; / That it deſpiſde in true but naked ſhew, / Might winne ſome grace in your ſweet grace arraid.

References

• “engarland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rangeland