festoon
Definitions
noun
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
A raised cable with light globes attached.
A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
verb
To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth.
To make festoons.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.
A mysterious woman who shows up at a funeral more droopily festooned in black than the widow is making what is known as a fashion statement.
To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.