engarland, v.
(ɛnˈgɑːlənd)
Also 7 engyrland, ingarland.
[f. en- prefix1 + garland; cf. Fr. enguirlander.]
1. trans. To put a garland upon; to wreathe with. Also with flowers, etc. as subj. Also fig.
| 1581 Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 60 Laurels..to engarland our Poets heads. 1613–6 W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i, Powers..Whose milde aspect engyrland Poesie. a 1631 Drayton Leg. Piers Gaveston (1748) 205 With funeral wreaths ingarlanding his brows. 1830 Tennyson Arab. Nts. xiv, [A cloth of gold] Engarlanded and diaper'd With inwrought flowers. 1853 F. W. Newman tr. Odes Horace 110 To tempt the little gods, whom myrtle Frail and rosemary engarlands. |
2. To surround, as with a garland.
| 1598 E. Guilpin Skial. v, You rotten-throated slaves Engarlanded with coney-catching Knaves. 1814 Cary Dante (Chandos) 147 That part of the cornice, where no rim Engarlands its steep fall. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & F. 91 Snowy heights form a water-shed for the low-lying fertility which engarlands their base. |
Hence enˈgarlanded ppl. a.
| 1858 W. Johnson Ionica 82 A sister's engarlanded brows. |